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The Rise of History’s Biggest Empire
“Empire Files” will document a world plagued by rampant inequality and endless war through rigorous investigative journalism.
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Police Brutality: “The Violence Is Not New, It’s the Cameras That Are New”
“It's the cameras that are new. It's not the violence that's new.”
“Between the World and Me”: Ta-Nehisi Coates in Conversation on Being Black in the US
Coates talks about his new book and his upbringing in Baltimore.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: 1.5 Million US Households Live in Extreme Poverty, and More
In today's On the News segment: The number of Americans living on less than $2 a day has doubled in the last two decades; women fighting for equal pay …
Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Celebrates Jailing of Ex-Guatemalan President
In Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina has been jailed.
Allan Nairn: US Backers of Guatemalan Death Squads Should Be Jailed
Allan Nairn looks at how Perez Molina could also be charged for the mass killings of indigenous Guatemalans.
Chicago Hunger Strikers Challenge Rahm Emanuel’s Push to Privatize Schools
Education activists are entering the 19th day of a hunger strike to save Dyett High School.
Guatemalan President Resigns in “Huge Victory” for Popular Uprising
After a massive public uprising, Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has resigned.
Protests Grow over Clerk’s Denial of Same-Sex Marriages
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis stopped issuing all marriage licenses.
Syrian Colonel Faces Charges in Maher Arar Torture Case
Canada has charged Syrian Colonel George Salloum with allegedly torture.