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Justice or Vengeance?: ACLU Raises Concerns as Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Begins
Jury selection began Monday in the case of “The United States v. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,” one of the most high-profile federal trials in decades.
Top Secret List Shows McChrystal Halting Night Raids After Controversy
Documents show Gen. McChrystal admitted night raids in Afghanistan “come at a steep cost in terms of perceptions of the Afghan People.”
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Let’s Begin the Year With a Major Victory Over Corporate Power
“Building power together” means working together as a movement of movements to build on the progress of 2014 when people created a larger and bolder movement.
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A Self-Perpetuating Machine for US Insecurity: Welcome to the National Security State of 2015
The Pentagon and the US Intelligence Community have been thinking about how to give good war in a globally warming world.
“David Duke Without the Baggage”: Will Top GOPer Steve Scalise Resign Over Speech to Racist Group?
As Congress begins a new session today, one of its top Republicans has acknowledged he once addressed a gathering of white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Pope Francis to Urge Catholics to Address Climate Change, and More
In today's On the News segment: Pope Francis, we have a “grave ethical and moral responsibility” to reverse global climate change, and more.
Sea Level Rise, Eniwetok and Bert Bigelow
Today, more than a hundred of pounds of plutonium are buried at Eniwetok.
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Panama Canal Rival: Work Starts in Nicaragua Amid Fears Over Environment and Role of China
In addition to causing tremendous, potentially irreversible environmental damage, the $50 billion dollar canal project would displace thousands of indigenous peoples.
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Why Movements Should Care About Azealia Banks
The #BlackLivesMatter movement is quickly creating a national context whereby celebrities across industries are being forced to take sides.
The Children’s Climate Crusade
It may just turn out that our children and their children will save us from ourselves.