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October 31, 2018
Ntozake Shange, Who Wrote ‘For Colored Girls,’ Is Dead at 70
October 31, 2018
Ntozake Shange, American Playwright and Freedom Fighter, Dies at 70
October 31, 2018
Rare 5,655 carat Emerald discovered in Zambia
October 31, 2018
Black, Latino, and Young Voters Go to Polls in Record Numbers
October 31, 2018
After third Taser death, California police officials reconsider 'less-lethal' weapon
October 31, 2018
Demonstrators Block Trump During March for Love and Solidarity in Pittsburgh
October 31, 2018
Will Paulette Jordan be the first Native American governor in the US?
October 31, 2018
Marriott Workers Stay Tough on the Picket Lines
October 31, 2018
Number of Georgia Voters Purged by Brian Kemp Continues to Climb
October 31, 2018
Kentucky man accused of shooting two black store patrons indicted for murder
October 31, 2018
Why Israel does not mind Trump's anti-Semitic supporters
October 31, 2018
As Bolsonaro Threatens to Criminalize Protests, a New Resistance Movement Is Emerging in Brazil (VIDEO)
October 31, 2018
Bolsonaro, 'gender ideology' and hegemonic masculinity in Brazil
October 30, 2018
Germany pledges new investment fund to develop new markets in Africa
October 30, 2018
Bolsonaro Represents the Starkest Expression of Politics of Hatred in Brazil
October 30, 2018
Students call for NYU to cancel Milo Yiannopoulos lecture
October 30, 2018
Rabbi Michael Lerner on Solidarity After the Massacre of Jews in Pittsburgh
October 30, 2018
We Must Not Be Bystanders When Darkness Descends
October 30, 2018
Brazil Has Elected “Most Extremist Leader in the Democratic World” (VIDEO)
October 30, 2018
Historic Kenya Airways direct flight to U.S. arrives in New York
October 30, 2018
Rare Genetic Sequences Illuminate Early Humans' History in Africa
October 29, 2018
Indonesia: 'No survivors' after Lion Air flight crashes into sea
October 29, 2018
Trump Persuaded Struggling People to Invest in Scams, Lawsuit Says
October 29, 2018
Jimmy Carter says something is very wrong with Georgia governor's electionF
October 29, 2018
Ninth child dies in deadly viral outbreak in New Jersey
October 29, 2018
Package addressed to Atlanta CNN Center similar to others mailed last week
October 29, 2018
There are 18 cases of white-supremacist killings since Trump was inaugurated
October 29, 2018
Trump sends 5,200 troops to Mexico border as caravan advances
October 29, 2018
Andrew Gillum thrashes Trump for calling him a ‘thief’: ‘He’s howling because he’s weak’
October 29, 2018
Angela Merkel exit to polarise Germany and Europe
October 29, 2018
Conservative Matt Drudge unloads on Fox News for laughing about the massacre of Jews
October 29, 2018
Assange says Ecuador seeking to end his asylum
October 29, 2018
Gaza's drinking water spurs blue baby syndrome, serious illnesses
October 29, 2018
Trump & GOP Have Blood on Their Hands for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting & Hateful Violence (VIDEO)
October 29, 2018
Haitians Rise Up Against Corruption, Austerity
October 29, 2018
How US policy in Honduras set the stage for today’s migration
October 29, 2018
Lewis Hamilton wins fifth F1 title
October 28, 2018
How much power does Saudi Arabia wield over the global economy?
October 28, 2018
Did Trump destroy the conservative movement? No — he cashed in on its darkest tendencies
October 28, 2018
4 Members of Violent White Supremacist Group Face Riot Charges
October 28, 2018
Brazil elections: Far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro wins presidency
October 28, 2018
Young black Portuguese men take police brutality case to court
October 28, 2018
Right Wing Nationalist Terror Stalks the Nation says Henry Giroux
October 28, 2018
Gab Social Media Site Connected to Synagogue Shooter Loses Hosting, Funding
October 28, 2018
Fox News host nails Georgia Secretary of State over sketchy voter purge: ‘Suppression is alive and well’
October 28, 2018
Mikhail Gorbachev: A New Nuclear Arms Race Has Begun
October 28, 2018
Ireland re-elects president, set to dump blasphemy law
October 28, 2018
Merkel's party suffers losses in Hesse elections as right-wing AfD enters parliament
October 28, 2018
A Tragedy in Three Parts: Corporations, Coups, and Crazies
October 28, 2018
Is Donald Trump Responsible for Violence? Yes.
October 28, 2018
Last survivor of WWII raid on Rome’s Jewish Ghetto dies
October 28, 2018
Reports of Voter Intimidation at Polling Places in Texas
October 27, 2018
LeBron James dons Beto O'Rourke hat to game in San Antonio
October 27, 2018
Hundreds of thousands march for marriage equality in Taiwan
October 27, 2018
'While the Rest of the World Burned,' Billionaires Made More Money in 2017 Than Any Other Year in History
October 27, 2018
The Trump administration’s withdrawal of California gillnet protections for whales, turtles ruled illegal
October 27, 2018
11 killed, several wounded, in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
October 27, 2018
Ben Jealous Wants Maryland to Move Forward in the Age of Trump
October 27, 2018
Black journalist banned from Trump’s Young Black Leadership Summit
October 27, 2018
Last Rites for the Village Voice, a Bohemian Who Stayed On Too Long
October 27, 2018
Baltimore's new Divine mural defies conventions — and the law
October 26, 2018
Pipe Bombs Sent to Trump Critics, Right Wing Nationalist Terror Stalks the Nation
October 26, 2018
Critics blast Kemp for posing for photo with anti-Muslim extremist
October 26, 2018
'Whites don't shoot whites': 2 black people shot dead in Kentucky
October 26, 2018
Is Orwell’s Big Brother Here? Bezos & Amazon Team up With Defense, CIA & ICE
October 26, 2018
Bombing suspect’s van blanketed in pro-Trump bumper stickers
October 26, 2018
Trump Admin Opens Up Alaska for Drilling, Threatening Already At-Risk Arctic Biodiversity (VIDEO)
October 26, 2018
Live From The Sunken Place: Trump Attends MAGA-Cap-Wearing Young Black Leadership Summit
October 26, 2018
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Megyn Kelly, Blackface and NBC’s "Hate Crime-Adjacent" Problem
October 26, 2018
How Andrew Gillum turned the state of Florida into a beachhead for the progressive movement
October 26, 2018
Same-sex penguin couple become parents
October 26, 2018
Cory Booker latest Democrat to be targeted by explosive device through the mail
October 26, 2018
Suspicious package sent to Democratic Senator Harris
October 25, 2018
More than 200 retired journalists condemn president’s ‘un-American’ attacks on press
October 25, 2018
Israeli warplanes carry out air attacks in besieged Gaza
October 25, 2018
Florida governor restores voting rights to white Republican felons — after restricting black felons
October 25, 2018
Ethiopia Appoints Its First Female President
October 25, 2018
Former Fed Chair Paul Vlocker Warns of Failed Government
October 25, 2018
Ex-Texas firefighter gets a year in prison for leaving nooses at black family’s home
October 25, 2018
Watch Newt Gingrich blame bomb recipients for bringing it on themselves
October 25, 2018
Former Fed Chair Paul Volcker Warns About US Becoming a Plutocracy
October 25, 2018
NATO launches its largest war games since end of Cold War
October 25, 2018
Republicans Will Cut Your Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid Benefits
October 25, 2018
Judge Rules Georgia Must Stop Tossing Out Absentee Ballots
October 25, 2018
Trump Blames Media for Inciting “Anger” After Bombs Sent to CNN & High-Profile Democrats (VIDEO)
October 25, 2018
European Parliament votes for ban on single-use plastic
October 25, 2018
'Suspicious package' seized from Robert De Niro-linked building
October 25, 2018
Senator refers Kavanaugh accuser, Avenatti for criminal probe
October 25, 2018
New York sues Exxon for misleading investors on climate change risk
October 24, 2018
‘Apology not accepted’: Internet rains hell on Megyn Kelly’s ‘crocodile tears’ over blackface blowback
October 24, 2018
Pope Francis says populism leads to Hitler
October 24, 2018
NYC mayor Bill de Blasio says mail bombs were ‘an effort to terrorize’ Americans and the free press
October 24, 2018
A 14-year-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
October 24, 2018
U.S. white nationalist leader, three others charged with inciting riots
October 24, 2018
Georgia votes for Democrat Stacey Abrams are being changed to Republican Brian Kemp
October 24, 2018
'The most famous black man in South Korea'
October 24, 2018
Inside Nikki Haley’s Shocking Speech to Secretive Far-Right Group
October 24, 2018
Americans' anger may help Democrats in Nov. 6 vote: Reuters/Ipsos poll
October 24, 2018
$1.5bn Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in South Carolina
October 24, 2018
Trump picks former Monsanto executive to lead U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
October 24, 2018
Under pressure over Khashoggi killing, MBS praises Qatar economy
October 24, 2018
Retrial to begin for US border agent who shot teen across border
October 24, 2018
Israel Forced to Delay Illegal Demolition of Palestinian Village Amid Growing International Pressure
October 24, 2018
Former Monsanto Executive Picked by Trump to Lead Wildlife Agency
October 24, 2018
Day After Bomb Found at Soros Home, 'Potential Explosive Devices' Sent to Clinton, Obama, and CNN
October 24, 2018
Stacey Abrams Slams Brian Kemp on Suppressing Vote as He Worries Too Many Georgians Will Vote (VIDEO)
October 24, 2018
Three Women Face Felony Charges For Saving Thrown Away Baby Cow
October 24, 2018
Greg Palast Sues Georgia’s Brian Kemp for Purging 340,000 from Voter Rolls Ahead of Election (VIDEO)
October 23, 2018
Robert Reich: Democrats Should Go Big and Bold
October 23, 2018
GOP school board member busted for Facebook plot to accuse the 2020 Dem presidential nominee of sexual assault
October 23, 2018
Peru's natives say Amazon Waterway Project threatens food sources
October 23, 2018
U.S. appeals court revives Nestle child slavery lawsuit
October 23, 2018
In Leaked Audio, Brian Kemp Expresses Concern Over [Blacks] Exercising Their Right to Vote
October 23, 2018
Megyn Kelly Can’t Understand What’s So Offensive About Blackface: ‘What Is Racist?’
October 23, 2018
In Texas, Trump speech takes far-right turn: 'I'm a nationalist.'
October 23, 2018
You Have Nothing to Apologize For! The Defense of White Male Privilege
October 23, 2018
What Jamal Khashoggi's murder tells us about the West's 'friendly' autocrats
October 23, 2018
Second migrant caravan in Guatemala heads toward Mexico
October 23, 2018
The U.S. Helped Destabilize Honduras. Now Honduran Migrants Are Fleeing Political & Economic Crisis (VIDEO)
October 23, 2018
How the man behind Khashoggi murder ran the killing via Skype
October 23, 2018
Tesla critic Citron makes U-turn ahead of results
October 23, 2018
Cheers, claps as MBS shows up at 'Davos in the desert' event
October 23, 2018
The West Enabled Khashoggi's Demise - Not To Mention All the Other Saudi Crimes
October 23, 2018
Irish Women Demand Equal Pay
October 22, 2018
Microplastics now found in our poop
October 22, 2018
“Reminiscent of South Africa’s Grand Apartheid”: Israeli Human Rights Group Slams Israel at U.N. (VIDEO)
October 22, 2018
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson on the State of the U.S. Empire
October 22, 2018
King says Jordan to reclaim land held by Israel under 1994 deal
October 22, 2018
Miscarrying at Work: The Physical Toll of Pregnancy Discrimination
October 22, 2018
Germany halts arms deals with Saudi Arabia, encourages allies to do the same
October 21, 2018
The history of African slavery in Iran
October 21, 2018
Foreigners sell net $1.1 billion of Saudi stocks as journalist disappearance rattles investors
October 21, 2018
State Supreme Courts Thwart GOP Politicians’ Court-Packing Plans
October 21, 2018
US Air Force Admits F-35 Will Harm Health and Learning of Vermont Children
October 21, 2018
Saying goodbye to Paul Allen and people too big to fit into headlines
October 21, 2018
Evangelist scalds fellow pastors for abandoning their ‘moral core’ to support Trump
October 21, 2018
Hundreds of migrants storm Spanish enclave in North Africa, one dies
October 21, 2018
Taiwan train crash kills 18 in deadliest rail tragedy in decades
October 21, 2018
Khashoggi’s Murder and Saudi War Crimes in Yemen Were Facilitated by US
October 21, 2018
Is it the end of cheap pad thai in Bangkok?
October 20, 2018
Inside the Arab heart of Mexico City
October 20, 2018
Media investigation exposes scale of years-long European tax scam
October 19, 2018
Gaza’s Great March of Return: Six months on, we are still struggling against Israeli oppression
October 19, 2018
Jamal Khashoggi called for freedom of expression in final column
October 18, 2018
Russia liquidates nearly all its holdings of US debt
October 18, 2018
Technology Access Gap Leaves Millions of Students Struggling to Keep Up
