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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.
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.