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Not On Our Land: Land Recovery Kicks Off in Honduras
Globalization threatens the survival of indigenous and small-farming communities all over our world. Carla Garcia speaks about the ongoing land struggle in Honduras with the Afro-Indigenous Garu00edfuna communities.
Obama’s “Twisted Version of American Exceptionalism” Laid Bare
Obama also wants the whole, wide world to get this through its thick skull: only rogue governments that implement a policy of rendition, torture, indefinite detention and extrajudicial assassination …
Post-Katrina Reforms in New Orleans Continue to Disenfranchise African-Americans, Poor
Seven years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has become a laboratory for government reforms that often pit new residents against those who grew up here, rich against poor, and …
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Biologist and Writer Sandra Steingraber Invites Fellow Activists to Pledge Nonviolent Resistance to Fracking in New York State
"Hey, gas industry: I am not afraid of you. And that's not because I'm fearless. It's because I am so scared for the future of my children on a …
Prop 34 Would End California Death Penalty
A perfect alignment of advantageous factors enabled opponents of capital punishment to place its abolition on the ballot for the first time in California.
Hard Travelin’ With Henry Rollins: An Exclusive Interview
Henry Rollins says he likes to think of himself as his “own little punk rock journalist.” Henry Rollins says he likes to think of himself as his "own little …
The Children Are Still Dying: Violence is Not News
Ramzy Baroud discusses how, in the face of war, it is the children who face the most painful loss.
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Do US Prisons Violate European Human Rights Law?
An interview with Hamja Ahsan and Aviva Stahl discussing the extreme importance of the upcoming Grand Chamber ruling for the six appellants fighting their extradition.
WikiLeaks Sheds Light on Paul Ryan’s Questionable Human Rights Stance
While Paul Ryan's economic policy is widely known, his foreign policy views, which appear to prioritize economic and political gains over human rights, often slip under the radar.
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Exclusive Truthout Interview: Sioux Spiritual Leader Speaks Out on Land Sale at Sacred Site
The sacred lands of the Lakota are up for sale, again. A grassroots effort led by the Great Sioux Nation is underway to get them back.