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Interview: Bill Moyers on His Career and Where We Stand Now
(Image: The New Press) Bill Moyers has devoted his career to educating, informing and inspiring the American public while leading a national conversation with the conviction that …

Robert Naiman Speaks With Rick Smith About The Historic Opportunity to Have Congress Cut Military Spending
Listen to Just Foreign Policy Director Robert Naiman speak with Radio Host Rick Smith about his latest articles, "Why the Jobs Argument Against Military Cuts Is Bogus," and "A …

Over 160 Arrested in Ongoing Civil Disobedience Against Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
An estimated 2,000 people have signed up to hold sit-ins and commit other acts of civil disobedience.

One on One With Rep. Jerrold Nadler
Rep. Jerrold Nadler speaks at a rally for the ADA Amendements Act at the US Capitol. (Photo: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights) At a time …

Unions as Leaders for Better Schools: An Exclusive Interview With Randi Weingarten
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation Teachers, testifies at a hearing about supporting America’s educators on May 4, 2010. (Photo: House Committee on Education and the Workforce Dem …

The Syrian Regime’s Obsession With Security Makes All Political Solution Impossible
Translated by Isabelle Métral and reviewed by Derek Hanson l'Humanite's special correspondent in Damas interviews Michel Kilo, a great figure of the struggle for democracy in Syria. …

US Navy Vet Sues Donald Rumsfeld for Torture in Iraq; Court Allows Case to Move Forward (Video)
On Monday, a federal appeals court refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two U.S. citizens against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and unnamed others for developing, authorizing and …

Can the Corporate Media Turn Lies Into Truth?
Robert Kane Pappas, director of "Orwell Rolls in His Grave." (Photo: Sag Harbor-Basement Pictures) In the midst of the dustup over Rupert Murdoch's News Corp phone-hacking scandal, …

Over 1,000 Arrested in UK as Anger Over Inequality, Racism Boils Over Into “Insurrection” (Video)
Unrest continues to spread across England after protests erupted Saturday in London when police shot to death Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old black man. Mobs firebombed police stations and set …

Secretive Corporate-Legislative Group ALEC Holds Annual Meeting to Rewrite State Laws
Hundreds of state legislators from all 50 states have gathered in New Orleans for the annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council, known as ALEC. Critics say the …