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“Guantanamo of the Pacific”: Australian Asylum Seekers Wage Hunger Strike at Offshore Detention Site
A massive hunger strike is underway.
Inside the US Torture Chambers: Prisoner’s Guantanamo Diary Details 12 Years of Abuse, Terror
The diary of a Guantanamo prisoner has been published.
David Cay Johnston: Class War Is Being Waged by the Rich Against the Poor
“The idea that we shouldn't adjust the tax rates for people at the top and doing so is somehow class warfare is absurd.”
Phyllis Bennis: As Obama Hails “Turning Page” on Wars, US Drone Strikes Continue Across Globe
For the first time since 2001, there was no mention of al-Qaeda in the State of the Union address.
Koch Brothers Exposed: 2014 Edition
Billionaires David and Charles Koch have been handed the ability to buy our democracy in the form of giant checks to the House, Senate, and soon, possibly even the …
Ralph Nader on What Was Missing in President Obama’s State of the Union Address
Did President Obama's State of the Union speech go far enough?
Save the Fishes: The Bottle-Stopping Rap That’ll Get Your Heads Bobbing!
In this episode, some students from the Redwood Environmental Academy of Leadership rap about keeping the water clean for ourselves and the fish!
Trial on Guatemala’s Spanish Embassy Fire Resumes Today: The Rest Is History
The 1980 burning of the Spanish Embassy was a defining moment in the Guatemalan armed conflict.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Chemical Spill in West Virginia Traveled Farther Than Realized, and More
The spill had a bigger effect than realized.
A Coup in Yemen? Jeremy Scahill and Iona Craig on Rebel Offensive to Seize Power, Saudi Role and the Arabian Peninsula
The Yemeni government is on the verge of collapse.