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Happy Birthday, Bayard Rustin: Dan Falcone Interviews Walter Naegle, Partner of the Late Bayard Rustin
Naegle was Bayard Rustin's partner from 1977 until Rustin's death in 1987 and he is executor and archivist of the Bayard Rustin Estate.
CIA vs. Senate: Who Is Obama Protecting?
Elizabeth Goitein: President Obama is protecting senior CIA officials and himself.
Senator Feinstein Takes CIA Spying Accusation to Senate Floor
NSA Whistelblower William Binney says Sen. Feinstein is hypocritical for supporting spying under the Obama administration but only speaking out after her committee is spied on.
School Board Candidates Backed by Koch-Connected Nonprofit
The advertisement ran just less than a month before the race for school board in Douglas County, Colo. “Liberals are fighting school choice in Douglas County,” the announcer intoned. …
Posturing from Weakness
President Obama's 2015 budget proposes a number of tax increases that will mainly affect the rich.
Noam Chomsky: From Hiroshima to Fukushima, Vietnam to Fallujah, State Power Ignores Its Massive Harm
Chomsky met with Fukushima survivors, including families who evacuated the area after the meltdown.
Roundtable: As Crimea Threatens Secession, Does East-West Split Hasten Ukraine’s Political Divide?
Russian President Vladimir Putin is rebuffing warnings from the US and European Union as the crisis in Ukraine threatens one of the worst east-west standoffs since the Cold War.
Senate Race-Baiting? Dems Join GOP to Block Obama DOJ Pick Tied to Legal Defense of Mumia Abu-Jamal
In a stunning vote, a group of US Senate Democrats has broken ranks to join Republicans in rejecting President Obama's pick to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, …
Suspicion Surrounds Salvadoran Presidential Election Run-Off
There is a dense fog of suspicion surrounding the final round of El Salvador's presidential elections on March 9th. There have been social media reports of bankers and business …
Is Russian-Ukraine Intervention Illegal?
Jeffrey Sommers and John Quigley analyze the role of Russia and the United States in the Ukraine crisis.