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Top Massachusetts Lawmakers Oppose Tsarnaev’s Execution
MA Senators Warren, Markey oppose death penalty for convicted Marathon bomber

Fast & Fringiest: Meet the Top Cranks and Conspiracy Theorists in Rand Paul's World

Lincoln Chafee Explores Presidential Run as a Democrat

Obama Hints at Cuba Breakthrough as He Flies South for Raúl Castro Meeting
Havana expected to be dropped from list of state sponsors of terrorism, while John Kerry and Cuban counterpart sit down for highest-level talks in decades

Women Are Poorer Than Men in Every State
New findings from IWPR expose disturbing disparities in poverty levels nationwide. Despite obtaining higher levels of education, women—particularly those of color—are poorer than men.

Source: Hillary Clinton Will Announce Her 2016 Campaign This Weekend

The rush to humiliate the poor

When It’s Time to Hand the Farm to the Next Generation, the Simple Life Is Anything But

There’s an emerging right-wing divide on climate denial. Here’s what it means (and doesn’t)

Big Banks Require Tellers to Use Predatory Practices

The Police Are America's Terrorists

Decades Later, a Routine Police Record Hangs Over Patz Murder Trial

13 deaths blamed on abuse and neglect at California state-run homes

How Much Does Domestic Abuse Cost Its Survivors?

Chelsea Manning Shares Her Transition to Living as a Woman — Behind Bars
For the first time, Chelsea Manning shares the details of her story as an army private who leaked classified documents, went to military prison, and sued for the right to transition into living as a woman in jail.

US Wages ''War on Terror'' in the Philippines

The ‘Science’ Behind Arizona’s Mandatory ‘Abortion Reversal’ Advice

After Anti-Gay Pizza Parlor Gets $800,000, Activists Crowdfund for Homeless LGBT Youth

Why the Dutch Grow Taller Than Americans

First Florida, Now Wisconsin, Ban the Words "Climate Change"
-- Anastasia Pantsios for BuzzFlash at Truthout

Police killing videos shock the world. So why do white Americans still trust cops?
Videos taken by smartphones, dashboard cameras and CCTV are increasingly capturing incidents of police violence. But public trust has remained steady – and starkly divided along racial line.

Chicago Nurses Allege Labor Law Violations As Potential Strike Looms

Did A Federal Court Just Doom The GOP's Big Immigration Lawsuit Against Obama?

GOP Now Also Undermining US on International Climate Treaty

The inflated dangers of pushing the envelope and crossing the line
The humble gag has become a ticking bomb in the age of the Internet. Here's why humor has become so fraught.

The Real Nuclear Threat
-- Robert C. Koehler for Buzzflash at Truthout

Are you eating a hormone disruptor? Propyl paraben found in nearly 50 name-brand foods

Iran Whip List: Liberals push back

In South Carolina, Shot in the Back as He Ran

Boston Marathon Bomber Found Guilty on All 30 Counts; Sentencing Phase to Follow

MLK's Call to Honor Peace, Justice and Our Planet Still Challenges Us
Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1967 speech still challenges us to overcome racism, militarism and extreme materialism.

Jim Hightower | 2016 Presidential Candidates Address Inequality (Sort Of)
-- Jim Hightower on BuzzFlash at Truthout

Obama Says Climate Change Is Hazardous to Your Health
-- Anastasia Pantsios of EcoWatch on BuzzFlash at Truthout

Why Americans Don’t Trust the Fed: It’s Too Damn Secretive

How the US Became an Oligarchy

In Chicago, Reports of Voters Receiving Ballots Already Marked for Emanuel

South Carolina Police Officer Charged With Murder After Video Shows Him Shooting Black Man
WARNING: Graphic video

Netanyahu Slips, Reveals Reason for Opposition to Iran Deal

The Same Right-Wing Bozos Who Lied the U.S. into Iraq Are Peddling Nonsense About Obama's Iran Deal

These Maps Show Why We Keep Electing Climate Change Deniers

San Bernardino Sheriff Deputies Under Investigation After Release of Police Beating Suspect in Desert

Most Americans Side With Gays in Religious Freedom Disputes

How the US' 400 Highest Earners Are Doing

GOP Plots to Win 2016 Presidency Without a Majority Popular Vote
-- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout

These Maps Show Why We Keep Electing Climate Change Deniers

Secret Service manager put on leave during probe of alleged assault

Tea Party hires actors to feign indignation over plan to save Everglades

Making Sense of Boston

Upon Further Review: Inside the Police Failure to Stop Darren Sharper’s Rape Spree

Wisconsin Man Arrested After Failed Attempt To Join ISIS
Joshua Van Haften, 34, of Madison, was arrested Wednesday night at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago after returning on a flight from Turkey.

Utility Sales May Drop by Half as Homes Make Their Own Power

Failure to Regulate: Pesticide Data Fraud Comes Home to Roost

Occupation at University of Amsterdam Challenges the Logic of Market-Driven Education

Barrett Brown suddenly stripped of prison e-mail after talking to press
Activist writes arbitrary punishment is part of "pattern of state retaliation."

Democrats Considering Female Comstock Challengers

Defying US, Cuba stands by Venezuela on eve of regional summit

Justice in Colorado Will Not Come From Putting More Pregnant Women in Danger

We Can Teach Kids About Consent Without Bringing Sex Into the Conversation

Tennessee Moves To Make Bible The Official State Book

At least three dead as gunman opens fire in Italian court
Suspect in shooting at Milan’s Palace of Justice arrested after fleeing scene on motorbike.

Emergency Illness Exposes Lies In Abu-Jamal Case

The Case for Democracy

VA adds 30 days to vets’ wait, longest post-9/11 period without casualty ends, VA to pay $21 for incorrect medication

Rand Paul’s vile abortion deceit: How he’s trying to conceal his odious anti-choice record
Paul thinks he can appease his antiabortion base while remaining the candidate of "personal freedom." He's wrong.

USDA wants low-income seniors to use their food stamps for fruits and veggies

New study raises possible link between gas drilling and radon levels

Walter Scott's shooting wasn't just a coincidence. America was built on racism
The deaths of so many black men cannot be reduced to ‘good’ white people and ‘bad’. The problem is systemic and ingrained

Barack Obama calls for end to 'conversion therapies' for LGBT youth
US president urges an end to psychiatric therapies that seek to change the sexual orientation of gay, lesbian and transgender people

Rahm Emanuel Won Last Night, but Chicago Progressives Actually Have Much to Be Happy About

The American Rescue Industry: Toward an Anti-Trafficking Paramilitary

Everything the Police Said About Walter Scott’s Death Before a Video Showed What Really Happened

Robert Reich: The Rich Have Bought America’s Silence
The former secretary of labor on the insidious ways colleges and nonprofits are beholden to their wealthy donors

White House Reveals Desperate Lack of Support for TPP

To Catch a Torturer: My 28-Year Pursuit of Racist Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge

The Scandal That Could Blow Up Rand Paul's Machine
A criminal probe involving his father's 2012 campaign is inching dangerously close to Paul's inner circle.

Capitalism in America: Giving Crazy a Bad Name While Subverting Democracy
Capitalism as practiced in America – far from being democracy’s handmaiden – is anathema to freedom, and ultimately, impoverishing to the vast majority of its citizens. And it’s driving us crazy.

Ferguson Elects Two Black Council Members

Seed Laws That Criminalize Farmers: Resistance and Fightback