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“You Fly to the Edge of the Tar Sands, and … No Life”: The Issue of Our Time
University of Montana professor George Price on permaculture, race and how he's standing up to tar sands extraction.

A Revolutionary New Coalition Stands for Community Rights in Colorado
A coalition embodying a range of economic and environmental justice fights is coming together to challenge the basis for state preemption.

Nobel Laureate Rigoberta MenchĂş Celebrates Jailing of Ex-Guatemalan President
In Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina has been jailed.

Allan Nairn: US Backers of Guatemalan Death Squads Should Be Jailed
Allan Nairn looks at how Perez Molina could also be charged for the mass killings of indigenous Guatemalans.

Chicago Hunger Strikers Challenge Rahm Emanuel’s Push to Privatize Schools
Education activists are entering the 19th day of a hunger strike to save Dyett High School.

Guatemalan President Resigns in “Huge Victory” for Popular Uprising
After a massive public uprising, Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has resigned.

Protests Grow over Clerk’s Denial of Same-Sex Marriages
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis stopped issuing all marriage licenses.

Syrian Colonel Faces Charges in Maher Arar Torture Case
Canada has charged Syrian Colonel George Salloum with allegedly torture.

After Mass Hunger Strikes and Lawsuits, Prisoners Force California to Scale Back Solitary Confinement
California has agreed to greatly reduce the use of solitary confinement.

With a Record Backing Coups, Secret War and Genocide, Is Kissinger an Elder Statesman or War Criminal?
Four decades after Henry Kissinger left office, his influence on the national security state can still be widely felt.