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NOAM CHOMSKY
Bullied 11-year-old in coma after brutal schoolyard attack
2 in custody in connection with Chicago teen's death
Reuters: UN monitors see arms reaching Somalia from Yemen, Iran
Four wounded in New Orleans Mardi Gras Shooting
Matt Taibbi: Why bankers don't go to jail
DOMA prevents Deceased Soldier's Widow from receiving Benefits
Egypt blocks YouTube over anti-Islam film
Newtown parents make a statement
Former Gitmo prosecutor slams America on drone strike policy
Glenn Greenwald on Obama Admistration's fixation on punishing whistleblowers
Egypt: Impunity fuels sexual violence
'Jena Six' teen now a SPLC community advocate
Soybean Farmer takes GMO seed giant Monsanto to Supreme Court
Drone Fiends
The 'Global Water Gra
b' by corporations
Julian Assange of Wikileaks urges leak of US Drone Rules
Walk held in honor of Trayvon Martin attracts hundreds, including actor Jamie Foxx
War on Drugs in Latin America is to advance US Economic Interest, not reduce drug trafficking
Pew Poll: Public Trust in Government
: 1958-2013
Karl Rove's New Plan to take over the Senate in 2014
President Obama's Gun Control Hypocrisy
What's in those emails between Bloomberg and Cathie Black that he doesn't want us to see?
MATT TAIBBI EXPLAINS WALL STREET'S "LICENSE TO STEAL"
FEDERAL JUDGE SAYS 'NO' TO VOTER RESTRICTIONS IN FLORIDA, PERMANENTLY LIFTED
GEORGE ORWELL'S '1984' SOLUTION TO CRIMINALIZE WAR, STILL RELEVANT TODAY...
MAN FOUND GUILTY OF HAVING SEX WITH DOG
UK REPORT FINDS IDF TORTURES PALESTINIAN CHILDREN
THE U.S. AND THE SAUDIS 'COZY' RELATIONSHIP...
AN INTERVIEW WITH BILL AYERS AND THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND
REVOLUTIONARIES LOOK TO OVERTHROW U.S. IMPERIALISM
U.S. PLAYS ALL SIDES IN EGYPT POWER SWITCH...
CHRIS HEDGES: WHY WE FIGHT
MEN AND WOMEN FIGHTING AGAINST THE CORPORATE ONSLAUGHT...
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL SENTENCE FOR A 14-YEAR-OLD...
EXPERTS SAY WE'RE ALL SLAVES TO GLOBAL GOVERNMENT RUN BY BANKERS...
ANGELA KELLEY ON SUPREME COURT RULING ON ARIZONA ANTI-IMMIGRATION LAW: COURT AIMS TO LIMIT RACIAL PROFILING BUT DOESN'T GIVE FULL PROTECTION
SENATOR SANDERS SMACKS DOWN WALL STREET...
CLARA JEFFERY AND MONIKA BAUERLEIN: "DARK MONEY" IS BUYING OUR ELECTIONS
HOUSE PANEL VOTES HOLDER IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS...
SENATOR PORTMAN (R-OH) 'CALLED OUT' ON NDAA SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY
'INSTITUTIONAL FAILURES' LED MILITARY TO TEACH WAR ON ISLAM...?
DEAN BAKER: LIBERALS WORKING FOR THE RIGHT
THE POPULOUS RISE OF ASIAN AMERICANS...
AZ SHERIFF ARPAIO ARRESTS 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL ON SUSPICION SHE'S UNDOCUMENTED...
ISRAEL CONTINUES DEADLY ATTACKS IN GAZA...
GALLUP: CONFIDENCE IN U.S. PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT NEW LOW
FORMER WHISTLEBLOWERS: DOJ LEAK PROBE ISN'T CREDIBLE
THE EDUCATION DEFICIT AND THE NEW AUTHORITARIANISM...
MILITARY RAPE VICTIMS NOT SAFE FROM THE GOP...
MICHAEL TOMASKY: STOP THE OBAMA 'ENEMIES LIST' LIES
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DOESN'T PROMPT KIDS TO SMOKE POT...
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S DRONE DEATH FIGURES DON'T ADD UP...
BIPARTISANSHIP IN STARTING WAR WITH IRAN...
SENATE LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES ALIGNED IN BULLYING IRAN...
WHY THE 'CARBON POLLUTION RULE' IS IMPORTANT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT...
FBI COLLECTING EVIDENCE TO INDICT ASSANGE...?
US GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO DISCLOSE 250,000 PAGES RELEVANT TO MANNING CASE...
ONE FLORIDA COUNTY ETHICALLY SAYS NO TO PUTTING JUVENILES IN ADULT PRISONS...
THE AMENDMENT TO END CITIZENS UNITED...
LEGEND OF THE SPAT-UPON VETERAN...
TIANANMEN SQUARE CRACKDOWN FOR BLOODY ANNIVERSARY...
FLORIDA GOV. RICK SCOTT DEFENDS VOTER PURGE...
EXCESSIVE FORCE USED BY NJ STATE POLICE
SCIENTIST RICHARD LEAKEY TELLS THE WORLD: "THE EVIDENCE IS SOLID, WE ARE ALL AFRICAN"
LEAKEY: "COLOR IS SUPERFICIAL, STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE ARE ALL INTERACTIVE"
OBAMA SETS FORTH
CONTROVERSIAL POLICY...
CHRISTINE LAGARDE OF IMF: 'I DON'T PAY TAXES, BUT YOU SHOULD'
GLOBALIZING THE GLOBAL
WAR ON TERROR...
WISCONSIN GOV. 'CRYING FOUL' OVER RECALL ELECTION...
FORMER UK PRIME MINISTER
TONY BLAIR HECKLED AND CALLED A
'WAR CRIMINAL'
WHAT WOULD SOCIETY BENEFIT FROM DESTROYING MICHAEL VICK?
DESPICABLE SYRIAN
MASSACRE
,
90 BODIES INCLUDING 32 CHILDREN...
WALL STREET JOURNAL, FOX NEWS DEFENDED ALEC WITHOUT NOTING NEWS CORP. IS A MEMBER...
PRISONERS' FAMILIES PAYING FOR STATE KICKBACKS IN ORDER TO CALL LOVED ONES...
NAZI WAR CRIMINAL DIES A FUGITIVE...
3-YEAR-OLD BOY FATALLY SHOOTS OLDER SISTER, FATHER CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER...
TEXAS WAGING WAR ON HISTORICAL TRUTHS...
BARBARIC CONDITIONS EXPOSED AT 'FOR PROFIT' YOUTH PRISION...
UN NUCLEAR CHIEF REACHES DEAL WITH IRAN...
100 DAYS PROTESTS:
DEMONSTRATORS IN MONTREAL FIGHT AGAINST AUSTERITY ON STUDENT TUITION FEES...
AP: WHITE SUPREMACIST GETS 40 YEARS IN AZ BOMBING
TIM WISE:
TRAYVON MARTIN, WHITE AMERICA, AND THE RETURN OF DRED SCOTT
HURRICANE KATRINA REVISITED:
OVER SIX YEARS LATER
MARX HOLDS PROPHETIC ACCOUNT, DESPITE RIGHT-WING'S DISMISSAL AND VILIFICATION OF HIS SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WANTS INTERNET COMPANIES TO
"BUILD IN BACKDOORS FOR GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE"...
GLENN GREENWALD:
THE IDEA THAT NO HUMAN COMMUNICATION SHOULD EVER BE ALLOWED TO TAKE PLACE BEYOND THE REACH OF GOVERNMENT IS 'DEFINITIVE AUTHORITARIANISM'
ISRAEL PUNISHES PALESTINIAN HUNGER STRIKERS BY STRIPPING RIGHTS...
WALL STREET JOURNAL DEMONIZES CORPORATE SHAREHOLDERS FOR PUSHING FOR MORE DISCLOSURE...
TELL CORPORATIONS:
STOP
FUNDING ALEC
WISCONSIN GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER'S 'DIVIDE AND CONQUER' STRATEGY AGAINST LABOR (VIDEO)
N.C. SCHOOL SYSTEM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST LATINOS...
CORPORATE GROUP ALEC EXEMPTED FROM LOBBYIST STATUS THREE STATES
FCC SET TO INCREASE NUMBER OF LOW-POWERED FM STATIONS, COMMUNITY RADIO COMING BACK...
PHILADELPHIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM CLOSING 40 PUBLIC SCHOOLS...
FRANCE SAYS 'NO' TO AUSTERITY
FRENCH ELECT NATION'S FIRST SOCIALIST PRESIDENT IN 17 YEARS...
.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: NOT AN ABOLITIONIST, NOT AN ANTI-RACIST AS MANY ARE LED TO BELIEVE...
CHRIS HEDGES: "DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA IS A USEFUL FICTION"
FACEBOOK LOOKING TO SPY ON USERS...
PRISON INDUSTRY DOESN'T WANT SOCIETY TO IMPROVE...
JEREMY SCAHILL DISCUSSES OBAMA'S 'DEATH PANELS'...
ISRAELI DEPUTY PM ADMITS IRANIAN PRESIDENT DIDN'T THREATEN TO "BLOW ISRAEL OFF THE MAP"
GEORGE GOEHL TALKS ABOUT RACE AND AGE IN ACTIVISM...
FATAL ATTACK ON NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY...
WHY PRESIDENT OBAMA LOCKED UP YEMENI JOURNALIST...
GLENN GREENWALD ON OBAMA'S MARIJUANA CRACKDOWN...
UNDO
CITIZENS UNITED SUPREME COURT DECISION...!!
READ THE RESOLUTION
U.S. GOVERNMENT PREPARING FOR DRONE STRIKES AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS, IN THE U.S....?
HOW PRESIDENT OBAMA EXPANDED THE CIVIL LIBERTIES VIOLATIONS OF G.W. BUSH...
U.S. IGNORES PAKISTAN'S DEMANDS TO END DRONE STRIKES
SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE WOULD SAVE US HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS...
12-year-old arrested in plot to shoot 23 classmates and teacher
US rejects UN report on children killed in Afghanistan
Search for fugitive ex-cop set region on edge, $1M reward for info on Dorner
Report: Cyber-spying threatens U.S. economy
Democrats hug 2nd Amendment while rolling out Gun Plan
Gun-rights supporters turn out in force to Olympia
Black comedian shoots on black president
Ayn Rand's ideology of selfishness toxic to the U.S.
President Bush's war crime lie
Is Wall Street really "Too big to jail?"
Stop and Frisk may spread to cities besides NYC
Robert Greenwald: War Costs
Why are conservatives trying to destroy the Voting Rights Act?
World's oldest runner racing for Women's Rights
Noam Chomsky: The Paranoia of the Superrich and Superpowerful
FEC Chairwoman warns of super PAC corruption
S&P Suit shows DOJ knows about Wall Street Corruption
NYPD unveil Radiation Scanners to identify guns from afar
'Breaking the Silence' on sexual abuse in India
Civil Rights Group Calls on Oxygen Media to Cancel New Series
Steven Seagal, Sheriff Arpaio train school guards in Arizona
NOAM CHOMSKY ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT HACKTIVIST GROUP "ANONYMOUS"
WebMD HAS A HISTORY OF PROMOTING THE CORPORATE AGENDA...
MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT MEDICAL MARIJUANA...
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS HEALTHCARE MANDATE
READ THE SUPREME COURT RULING
MINIMUM MANDATORY SENTENCES FUEL PUSH FOR PRIVATE PRISONS, IN FLORIDA
FEDERAL JUDGE DENIES DOJ REQUEST TO STOP VOTER PURGE...
DEMOCRATS SAY VOTERS READY TO OUST GOP OUT OF STATE HOUSES...
RAID ON MEGAUPLOAD'S KIM DOTCOM RULED ILLEGAL BY COURT...
A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE'S BRAZEN PARTISANSHIP...
AMERICAN MERITOCRACY HASN'T WORKED; HARD WORK HAS FAILED US...
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S
'WAR ON WHISTLEBLOWERS'
SAN FRANCISCO GAY RIGHTS ICON ARRESTED ON CHILD PORN CHARGES
CORPORATE DENTAL CHAINS SEE BIG PROFITS IN THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD CARE...
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CAN DEFEND DEMOCRACY...
HAYES: THE MISRULING CLASS
ICELAND SETS AN EXAMPLE...
ZIMMERMAN SPOKE TO WIFE IN CODE FROM JAIL TO HIDE ASSETS...
MOYERS: HOW THE 1% IS BUYING OUR DEMOCRACY
ELECTION AD TRANSPARENCY BILL BLOCKED BY GOP,
U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS: GAY RIGHTS NOT SAME AS CIVIL RIGHTS
SINGLE PAYER HEALTHCARE: MOVING FORWARD
THE ASSASSINATION OF RFK: A MAN WRONGFULLY CONVICTED...
OBAMA INVOKES EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE IN 'FAST AND FURIOUS' PROBE...
TIM WISE: I SUPPORT THE BDS CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISRAEL...
WHY THE SENATE WON'T TOUCH JAMIE DIMON...
SPLC's HATE INCIDENT LIST
MOTHER JONES: "FOLLOW THE DARK MONEY"
THE PLIGHT OF THE UNDEREMPLOYED AND UNDERPAID
CHRIS HEDGES: OCCUPY WILL BE BACK
U.S. DRONES HATED ACROSS THE WORLD...
NSA EVADING QUESTION ON CIVILIAN SURVEILLANCE NUMBERS...
AMERICANS LOSING TRUST IN THE SUPREME COURT...?
CHINA TELLS U.S. TO STOP REPORTING BEIJING'S BAD AIR...
MITT ROMNEY'S
'VULTURE CAPITALISM' AT BAIN...
FORMER JUSTICE STEVENS SEES EVENTUAL COLLAPSE OF CITIZENS UNITED DECISION...
GLENN GREENWALD ADDRESSES 'DELIBERATE MEDIA PROPAGANDA'
KUWAIT BLOGGER GETS 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TWITTER COMMENTS...
CHARLES FERGUSON TALKS CORPORATE AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION...
BOB DYLAN AND OTHERS HONORED WITH THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM...
DRUG WAR VIOLENCE SENDS HONDURAS IN A TAILSPIN...
SPLC REPORT PROFILES
30 LEADERS OF THE
RISING, RADICAL RIGHT...
RUSSIA REGISTERS 'NON-FEMINIST' WOMEN'S PARTY...
NEW YORK LEGISLATORS PROPOSE BAN ON ANONYMOUS ONLINE COMMENTS
NY LAWMAKERS RIDICULOUSLY DISREGARD FREE SPEECH RIGHTS...
EX-FOOTBALL STAR BRIAN BANKS SUES CALIFORNIA OVER WRONGFUL RAPE CONVICTION...
NEO NAZI LEADER HYPOCRITICALLY ACCEPTED EX-WIFE'S NON-WHITE ANCESTRY
GLENN GREENWALD TALKS U.S. ANGER OVER PAKISTANI CIA-OPERATIVE PROSECUTION...
NEWT INC. GOES INTO FINANCIAL SHAMBLES AFTER CAMPAIGN FOLDS
WELCOME TO THE 'REAL' DEFENSE BUDGET...
HOW THE U.S. SOLD AFRICA TO MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS...
'ANTI-RACISTS' ATTACK WHITE SUPREMACIST IN FAMILY RESTAURANT...
US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S DOUBLE-STANDARDS OF PROSECUTION...
COURT DECISION MAY FORCE SECRET DONOR DISCLOSURES...
JP MORGAN SUED OVER RETIREMENT PLAN LOSSES...
'STAND YOUR GROUND' LAW NOT APPLIED EQUALLY...
CONSERVATIVES DELUSIONAL ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY...
WATCHING FOX NEWS MAKES YOU DUMBER...
U.S. MILITARY TAUGHT OFFICERS 'HIROSHIMA' TACTICS FOR 'TOTAL WAR' ON ISLAM...
WATCH VIDEO DISCUSSION...
FDA ADVISERS SUPPORT FIRST DRUG SHOWN TO PREVENT HIV
NEO-NAZI PARTY RISING IN GREEK GOVERNING...
LESSONS UNLEARNED IN
MF GLOBAL'S FALL...
GALLUP: ONE IN THREE YOUNG U.S. WORKERS ARE UNDEREMPLOYED
OBAMA VS. BUSH ON TORTURE, SURVEILLANCE, AND DETENTION...
KENYAN GIRLS FIGHT AGAINST GENITAL MUTATION!!!
NANCY TOMEE:
" I WILL NEVER BE CUT, OVER MY DEAD BODY"
CHRIS DODD; FORMER DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TURNED $ LOBBYIST $
DISCREETLY DRAFTING SOPA BILL REPLACEMENT, INTERNET FREEDOM IN JEOPARDY..
.
SEX QUIZ
: HOW ADVENTUROUS ARE YOU?
U.S. MAP OF 'HATE GROUPS' NEAR YOU!!!
THE
CONSTITUTION
IS
DEAD
...
VIRGINIA LAWMAKERS REJECT NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT (NDAA)...
IS AMERICA MOVING TOWARD FASCISM...?
U.S. NUNS TO FACE REBUKE FROM VATICAN FOR 'RADICAL FEMINISM'
SCOTTISH CARDINAL ACCUSES DAVID CAMERON OF FAVORING THE RICH...
HARLAN CROW;
LUCRATIVE
FRIEND OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS...
U.S. HOME OWNERSHIP REACHES DECADE LOW...
THE RICH GET RICHER...
HERE ARE YOUR TOP 10 SUPER PAC DONORS...
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER FILES AMICUS BRIEF WITH SUPREME COURT, OPPOSING ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW
MAYOR BLOOMBERG NOT A BIG SUPPORTER OF 'OCCUPY'...
...AND SAYS LITTLE ABOUT OWS POLICE TACTICS...
EMBRYO RIGHTS...?
RUPERT MURDOCH, HEAD OF FOX NEWS, ADMITS TO PHONE HACKING "COVER UP"
THE HARSH REALITY OF ISRAELI JAIL...
7 RULES FOR RECORDING POLICE...
$10 MILLION LOANS FOR ALL OF THE RICH...!!
A HARD LOOK AT THE
REAL
UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS...
THE TRUE MASTERMIND BEHIND
9/11
...
98% OF CATHOLIC WOMEN HAVE USED BIRTH CONTROL
AP WINS PULITZER PRIZE FOR INVESTIGATE REPORTING ON NYPD SURVEILLANCE OF MINORITIES
MEET THE NRA!!!
A GROUP THAT PUSHED THE 'STAND YOUR GROUND' LAW ACROSS THE U.S.!!!
THE '
WAR ON WOMEN
' IS
REAL
...
NUCLEAR INDUSTRY 'WELFARE' PROGRAM?
AMERICA'S RIDICULOUS WAR ON
MARIJUANA
...
'PINK SLIME' IN 70% OF BEEF SOLD ON THE U.S. MARKET
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