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Water Is a Human Right: Detroit Residents Seek UN Intervention as City Shuts Off Taps to Thousands
Activists in Detroit have appealed to the United Nations over the cityu2019s move to shut off the water of thousands of residents.
Should Obama Go to Tehran? How a US-Iran “Grand Bargain” Could Help the Crisis in Iraq
As the United Nations reveals more than 1,075 Iraqis have been killed so far this month, the Obama administration has promised Iraq “intense and sustained” support against the Sunni …
Teachers, Unions, Students Build Trinational Movement Against Neoliberal Education
Resistance to the global corporate education reform movement gained momentum last month as nearly 200 educators, students, and community allies from Mexico, Canada, and the US gathered in Chicago.
Across Europe, Migrants March for Freedom of Movement, Protest EU Policies
Throughout Europe, migrants are finding a common struggle in their fight for freedom of movement. Demonstrators marched to Brussels last week to protest the European Union Summit on Migration.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The IMF Calls Lawmakers to Raise the Minimum Wage, and More
Senate Republicans are simply repackaging old ideas and trying to pass them off as pro-worker, and more.
“Baghdad Is a Frightened City”: As ISIS Gains Ground, Iraqi Capital Gripped by Fear and Uncertainty
Secretary of State John Kerry made a surprise trip to Baghdad today to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Pressuring Israel, Presbyterian Church Divests From Firms Tied to Occupation of Palestinian Land
In what is being hailed as a major milestone for the global campaign to boycott and divest from Israel over its treatment of Palestinians, the Presbyterian Church voted to …
Kate Clinton and Urvashi Vaid: What Makes Revolutionaries Irresistible?
In honor of Pride month, Flanders talks to political humorist Kate Clinton and author and activist Urvashi Vaid about the LGBT movement, feminism, humor, and irresistible revolutions and revolutionaries.
Iraq’s Next PM? Ahmed Chalabi, Chief Peddler of False WMDs, Meets US Officials as Maliki Falters
Pressure is mounting on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to form a less sectarian government or to resign.
NYC’s $40 Million Central Park Five Settlement Resolves Wrongful Jailing Fueled by Race-Baiting, Police Abuse
The City of New York has reportedly agreed to pay $40 million to five men wrongfully convicted of raping a female jogger in Central Park 25 years ago.