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Hip-Hop Voices Talib Kweli and Rosa Clemente in Ferguson, “Ground Zero” for Police Brutality Struggle
Mourners are gathered in St. Louis for the funeral of Michael Brown, the unarmed African-American teenager killed by a white police officer on August 9.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Tens of Millions of Americans Struggle With Hunger, and More
In the richest nation on Earth, tens of millions of Americans are struggling to find enough to eat, and more.
Ferguson Police Profiling of Black People a Major Funding Source for City Budget
The city of Ferguson's second-highest source of revenue is court fees and traffic tickets handed out by a majority white police force that disproportionately targets the black community.
Dr. Paul Farmer on African Ebola Outbreak: Growing Inequality in Global Health Care at Root of Crisis
As the death toll from the West African Ebola outbreak nears 1,400, two American missionaries who received experimental drugs and top-notch health care have been released from the hospital.
Protecting the Amazon Includes Defending Indigenous Rights
Hiparidi Top'Tiro Xavante says indigenous peoples of the Amazon are uniting to defend their way of life and protect the biodiversity of the “lungs of the world.”
Truthout Interviews William I. Robinson on the Israel Lobby Attacking Academic Freedom
The uniqueness of this case is that the charges leveled at Robinson were part of a coordinated effort by the Israel lobby in the US to get him fired.
What My Friend Jim Foley Taught Me to Question
Jessica Desvarieux of the Real News Network remembers her college friend, slain journalist James Foley.
In Ferguson, Money For Tanks And Tear Gas, But None For Education
rotesters in Ferguson are not backing down their call for justice for unarmed teenager Michael Brown.
Greenland Glaciers’ Rapid Melting Will Have Global Effects
May and June had the hottest global temperatures on record, according to a report from the National Climactic Data Center.
US Escalates Iraq Airstrikes but Lacks Long-Term Strategy
Vijay Prashad: US airstrikes are working strategically, but alone will not turn the tide against the Islamic State.