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Day After Obama Tours Louisiana Flood Damage, Government Holds Massive Gulf Oil and Gas Lease Auction
Four environmental activists were arrested in New Orleans protesting a lease sale of up to 24 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas development.
The Shocking Story of How a Chicago Cop Killed a Teen — Then Locked Up His Best Friend for the Murder
Louis is one of 10 people with similar cases exposed in the Chicago Reader's new article.
Life Itself Is Being Patented, Privatized and Re-engineered
Ashley Dawson offers critiques and insights into how capitalism besieged our ecosystem and what we can do about it.
Maya Schenwar on the DOJ Ending Use of Private Prisons: Will Decarceration Follow?
Truthout's Maya Schenwar says the announcement won't affect federal immigration detention centers or state prisons.
Henry A. Giroux on the Neo-Fascism of the Law-and-Order Candidate
Henry Giroux comments on the rise of neo-fascism in America and its link to a culture of fear, white supremacy and the expanding racist incarceration state.
William Rivers Pitt | Mr. Trump Gets Schooled by Imam Ibrahim Rahim
You have been schooled by the Imam. Go in peace.
Open Up the Debates: Green Party’s Jill Stein Accuses Democrats and GOP of Rigging Debate Rules
It appears no third-party candidates will be invited to take part in the first presidential debate next month.
Meet Ajamu Baraka: Green VP Candidate Aims to Continue the Legacy of WEB Du Bois and Malcolm X
The Green Party's vice-presidential nominee Ajamu Baraka is a longtime human rights activist.
Global Struggles for Dominance: Noam Chomsky on ISIS, NATO and Russia
Noam Chomsky challenges prevailing viewpoints about terrorism in Europe and assesses the threat of nuclear war.
Why Did Clinton Just Tap a Pro-TPP, Pro-KXL, Pro-Fracking Politician to Head Her Transition Team?
Hillary Clinton has announced former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as the head of her transition team.