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People congregate outside the Wisconsin Capitol to protest a plan proposed by Gov. Scott Walker to limit public employees' bargaining rights, in Madison, Wis., Feb. 26, 2011. Tens of …

A man brandishing a broom guards the entrance to Dongshigu village, where Chen Guangcheng has been confined since September in China on Feb. 14, 2011. Known as “ruanjin,” or …

Thanks to a CNN documentary airing this week, the tale of FBI informant Ernest Withers is now well known. The black photographer spent years busily documenting the civil rights …

Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo: colincookman) Pakistani and Indian newspapers are reporting that Raymond Davis, the CIA contractor in jail in Lahore facing murder charges for the execution-slayings of …

A woman holds up a defaced portrait of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo, on Feb. 25, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of …

An article in the New York Times, April 9, 1944. From Henry A. Wallace, Democracy Reborn (New York, 1944), edited by Russell Lord, p. 259.

Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill Protest, February 19, 2011. (Photo: mrbula) “Mom’s in intensive care. Mom says: Go to Madison.” Such was the conversation with my …

Industrial globalised agriculture is heavily implicated in climate change. It contributes to the three major greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2) from the use of fossil fuels, nitrogen oxide (N2O) …

Chen Guangcheng, a blind, 39-year-old self-taught human rights lawyer in China who was recently released after years in prison, has been put in home detention, isolated and beaten by …

Sunday evening, February 27, hundreds of millions of movie fans will watch the 83d annual Academy Awards. These viewers may not be aware of a fact that merits particular …