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“The Damage Is Beyond Imagination in Gaza”: Journalist Mohammed Omer on Ceasefire Deal and Rebuilding
Israelis and Palestinians have agreed to an indefinite ceasefire, ending Israel's 50-day assault on the Gaza Strip.
Michael Brown’s Funeral Buried in Media Circus
It was the day Michael Brown was to start his first day of college. Instead, it became the day he would be buried.
There’s Something Wrong in America: Michael Brown’s Funeral Sparks Calls for an Enduring Movement
More than 2,500 people filled the sanctuary of Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis for Michael Brownu2019s funeral. Another 2,000 packed into overflow rooms.
The Islamic State, Assad, and the Contradictions Faced by the US in Syria
President Barack Obama has authorized the military to conduct surveillance flights over Syria. With US airstrikes already happening in Iraq against extremist group The Islamic State, these surveillance flights …
Fed Chair Signals Possible Policy Shift on Unemployment
Gerald Epstein discusses how Fed chair Janet Yellen's recent comments on bringing unemployment down could be positive but Fed policy still remains toothless in helping out working Americans.
Blowback: Vijay Prashad on How Islamic State Grew Out of US Invasion of Iraq
Militants from Islamic State stormed an air base in northeast Syria on Sunday, capturing it from government forces.
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.