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Over 160 Arrested in Ongoing Civil Disobedience Against Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
An estimated 2,000 people have signed up to hold sit-ins and commit other acts of civil disobedience.
Tim Wise: Dragging Racial Bias Into the Open
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The First Day of the Tar Sands Action
The first day of the Tar Sands Action showed how beautiful and powerful a determined group of climate activists can be. 75 folks risked arrest at the White House …
Verizon Workers’ Strike “Most Important Labor Battle Going on Today”
AMY GOODMAN: Well, Juan, before we move on to our first story, the Verizon strike is extremely significant. You wrote about it in your column this week in the …
Human Rights Watch: Abuses by All Sides Fueling Crisis in Somalia
A new report by Human Rights Watch accuses all sides in the Somali conflict of committing war crimes. The report, "'You Don't Know Who to Blame’: War Crimes in …
Why Do the Koch Brothers Want to End Public Education? (Video)
Read Robert Greenwald's Op-Ed: Want to See How the Kochs Are Ending Public Education?
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Postal Service Planning to Break Union Contracts, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
Over 1,000 Arrested in UK as Anger Over Inequality, Racism Boils Over Into “Insurrection”
Unrest continues to spread across England after protests erupted Saturday in London when police shot to death Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old black man. Mobs firebombed police stations and set …
Wisconsin Recall Marks Labor Win; Election Money Raises Question of US as “Democracy or Dollar-ocracy?”
For analysis on the Wisconsin recall vote, we go to Madison to speak with John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine. Although Republicans hold on to a slim …
Truthout Contributor Jeffrey Kaye Discusses Guantanamo Water Torture and Rumsfeld’s Denials
A new report published by Truthout last week suggests that there may be much more to interrogation techniques and where they were used. This includes a little known testimony …