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Lawyer: Raid on Embassy to Arrest Assange Would Be “Unprecedented” Breach of Diplomatic Immunity
Britain is refusing to give Julian Assange of WikiLeaks safe passage out of the country even though Ecuador has granted him political asylum.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Deepwater Drilling Reaches Historic Highs Despite Risks, and More
In today's On the News segment: Ohio Republicans admit eliminating weekend voting would make it harder for some African-Americans to make it to the polls; BP is looking for …
Veterans For Peace Appeals to Non-Aligned Heads of State on Iran
With the Non-Aligned Movement meeting this week in Tehran, Veterans For Peace is urging the organization of 120 nations not formally allied with any major power bloc to take …
The Atomized America of Late Capitalism
Americau2019s late-stage capitalism, built upon the imagined glories of global empire and the deep deceptions of personalized propaganda, has created a nation that has lost touch with genuine human …
Video: Your Vote Will Be Stolen And Here’s How
“Moment of Clarity†is a webseries by Lee Camp consisting of a 3 to 5-minute video rant that comes out 3 times per week. They’re written, presented, filmed, directed, …
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Romney, Ryan and Rape: A Todd Akin Special Delivery
In the mind of Mr. Akin, if you are raped and become pregnant, you weren't really raped, because
Official Statement by WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange From the Ecuadorian Embassy
“The US administration's war on whistle-blowers must end.”
Corporations Try to Kill Community Colleges
Within a month I had free child care from the revolutionary Family Resource Center at City College of San Francisco, a small federal grant which covered my books and …
Race-Concious Admissions Policies Benefit Students and the Workforce, According to Social Scientists
A group of social scientists today filed a legal brief with the U.S. Supreme Court with research offering a deeper understanding of how a diverse educational environment benefits White …
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Study: Raising the Minimum Wage Especially Benefits Women
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute finds that, while raising the minimum wage to the proposed $9.80 level would have a significant impact on about 28 million …