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“We Deserve to Do More Than Just Survive”: Marshall Islands Poet’s Plea to the UN Climate Summit
Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands read a poem to world leaders, written as a letter to her child.
Truthout Interviews Featuring Paul Armentano on Marijuana, Alcohol and the Law
Ted Asregadoo talks to Deputy Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Paul Armentano.
Freed After Hunger Strike, Egyptian Journalist in US to Campaign for Jailed Colleagues
Abdullah Elshamy, an Al Jazeera journalist, speaks about his release from an Egyptian prison after his sustained five-month hunger strike.
“What’s Possible,” a New Film for World Leaders on the Urgency of Global Warming
More than 120 world leaders kicked off a one-day UN summit on climate change in New York City by viewing “What's Possible,” a short film on the urgency of …
No Charges in Ohio Police Killing of John Crawford as Walmart Video Contradicts 911 Caller Account
An Ohio grand jury has declined to indict the white police officer who fatally shot John Crawford.
Eddie Conway: Six Years in Solitary Confinement
Mr. Conway says prisoners were treated like animals; and because he resisted and organized, he was in lockup twenty three and a half hours a day for six years.
Without a Truce in Syrian Civil War, US-Led Strikes Threaten More Chaos for World’s Worst Crisis
Pentagon officials are openly acknowledging that the military campaign in Syria and Iraq could take years to succeed.
Turkish-Syrian Border a “Great Hole” in Obama’s UN Speech
Vijay Prashad says Obama's comments on enforcing international norms have no credibility with most people around the world and are aimed at appeasing liberal unease.
Climate Change: The Next Generation
Kelsey Juliana, an 18-year-old activist, is fighting climate change in the courts and walking across the country to spread the word on global warming.
Syrians in the Golan Heights Stuck Between Sectarian War and Unjust Occupation
Syrians in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hear the constant shelling of the civil war that divides their community while living through the decades-old Israeli occupation that dominates daily life.