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Obama Administration “Willing To Work” With Congress To Reschedule Marijuana
Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday that the Obama administration would be willing to work with Congress if lawmakers want to reschedule marijuana.
Where are History and Political Economy in Ryan’s Report?
Paul Ryan's report on the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty was grossly misleading.
Five Reasons the Average American Has Little Chance of Becoming President
Beginning in primary school, American students learn about the inclusive nature of democracy, which promises that regardless of sex, creed, or religion, any United States citizen can become President. …
Current Philippine Government and Military Using Ongoing Extra-Judicial Killings Targeting Activists, Poor, Left and Media
On March 25, William Bugatti, a 43 year old human rights worker for Karapatan, one of the Philippines' main human rights organizations, was shot to death. He was the …
Democratic Despair
The latest municipal elections in France have been analyzed and interpreted as a rebuff for the so-called "socialist" President Hollande.
Millions Sindhi Hold Freedom March in Karachi To Demand Independence
People in the Punjab province celebrated Republic Day in Pakistan on March 23, with CNN claiming there were at least "5 million Sindhis" in attendance.
What’s Driving Putin and Obama’s Posturing on Ukraine?
The Real News Network's Jessica Desvarieux interviews a foreign policy expert on posturing by Obama and Putin over Crimea.
Exclusive: NSA, FBI, DIA Sued over Refusal to Disclose US Role in Imprisonment of Nelson Mandela
In a Democracy Now! exclusive, one of the nation's most prolific transparency activists, Ryan Shapiro, reveals he is suing the NSA, FBI and Defense Intelligence Agency in an attempt …
An Unconscious Truth Lurking in Ukraine
Just like the two galaxies that had been passing as one, what was originally thought to be a single country, presumed to be a unified body politic, has, in …
GOP Presents: The Right to a Right Life
Directed by Rod Blackhurst, this parody commercial pokes fun at the GOP health care plan. Together, we can stand for the right to a Right life.