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Winter Soldiers Confront the White House: Mass Arrests as They Put Their Bodies on the Line for Peace
On Thursday, December 16, the term “winter soldier” took on special meaning. Blanketed by snow flurries and enduring freezing temperatures, several hundred military veterans and peace activists gathered in …
Food Banks and Shelters See Increasing Demand From Working Families and Underemployed
As the economy continues to spiral downward with no end in sight, food banks and shelters across the country are seeing a major increase in demand, especially from working …
Social Security’s Future at Risk With New Tax Deal
Under the radar screen, the new tax deal is threatening the livelihood of America's present and future seniors - to line the pockets of millionaires.
News in Brief: Pat Robertson Supports Marijuana Legalization, and More …
Pat Robertson Supports Marijuana Legalization
Exclusive Julian Assange Interview With Cenk Uygur (Video)
Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) interviewed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan show. They discussed critics of Assange, the treatment of Private Bradley Manning and …
Speaking/Running Against Hate, Censorship and Forbidden Curriculums
On a crisp Tucson morning, we gather at A Mountain. Indigenous teachers from Chihuahua to Chiapas and from Jalisco to the Yucatan go into the crater. It is Sat. …
Ruth Marcus | For Biden, Mission Accomplished
Washington - The vice president calls, more than an hour after the appointed time but with an impeccable excuse: He was presiding over the Senate's vote to ratify the …
Afghan Youth Supply Their Answer to US’s December Review
Two days after the Obama administration released its December review of the war in Afghanistan to a public made increasingly skeptical by the war's rising human and economic costs, …
After DREAM Act Defeat, Advocates Fight for Educational Equality
The Senate failed to pass the DREAM Act Saturday, as Democrats fell five votes short of the 60 needed to advance the bill. The final vote was 55-41. While …
Inupiaq People Ask: “Will We Be the Victims of the Next Oil Spill?“
The BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that began on April 20, 2010, was a wakeup call for all of us as Americans as we weigh our country’s …