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A New York grand jury cleared New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the killing of Eric Garner, who died after being placed in a chokehold.

A handful of farmers and crop scientists are struggling to save the fast diminishing stock of agricultural diversity.

In the same towns where Zapata fought for the rights of Mexico's rural majority, mega-development projects are setting off fierce protests.

A group of nine Cleveland police officers involved in a 2012 incident in which 137 shots were fired and two unarmed African American suspects were killed, is suing the …

The House is expected to vote this week on the resolution challenging Obama's authority to halt deportations for nearly five million undocumented immigrants.

Scientists are getting to the bottom of what's in fracking fluids. Truthout takes a detailed look at two studies that raise red flags.

All school districts in the country are required to tell the federal government how many times kids have been restrained in their schools. But some districts aren't following through.

Warren criticized the failure to develop a program for Fannie and Freddie to provide principal modifications to borrowers at risk of foreclosure.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has been rubber stamping the go ahead to frack-attack all of the US. The people are protesting en mass.

John Peiserich will not face battery charges stemming from a November 17 scuffle with EnviroNews editor-in-chief Emerson Urry.