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George Monbiot: Never-Ending Growth Cannot Be Sustained on a Finite Planet

Thanks to #BlackLivesMatter, Prosecutors Who Bungle Police Shooting Cases Face Tough Election Fights

State Sen. Nina Turner on Why Black Voters Should Support Bernie -- But Not Stop There
The Cleveland native and rising political star switched her support from Clinton to Sanders.

Racial Justice Takes Center Stage in New York Primary

Plan for Poorer Countries to Fund HIV Response Raises Concerns

Fighting for Food
April 17 is the 20th annual International Day of Peasants’ and Farmers’ Struggle. It is also a solemn reminder of the risks that millions of farmers face in their seemingly innocuous ambition to simply grow and sell food.

Dangerous lead levels detailed at some Detroit Public Schools

New Hampshire suspects chemical emissions tainted wells
New Hampshire says emissions of a chemical used to make Teflon coatings may be the source behind the contamination of more than 40 wells in several towns.

Is Hillary Clinton Above the Law?
Secretary of State Clinton was harsh on subordinates who were careless with classified information, but those rules apparently weren’t for her, a troubling double standard.

Louisiana Won’t Compensate Innocent Man Who Spent 30 Years on Death Row

Inside Panama Papers: Multiple Clinton connections

Bernie at the Vatican: Sanders lauds Pope Francis, highlights economic inequality and the plight of the poor in address to officials

Donald Trump’s nuclear threats could trash the global order
The Republican insurgent's latest foray into geopolitics was even more dangerous than it sounded.

Poetry Turns Outsiderness into an Art Form: Why I Wrote Soraya, Sonnets

New Report Reveals Biodiversity Offsets as Double Landgrab in the Name of Biodiversity

WATCH: Chicago Police Release Video of Cop Standing On Neck of Suspect Who Died During Arrest
Two officers were placed on desk duty after authorities finally released the disturbing dashcam video.

Earthquake kills 233 in Ecuador; emergency workers rush in

“Her appeal is waning”: Hillary’s favorability rating hits new low among Democrats

Live Updates: Brazilians Take to Streets Amid Impeachment Vote

Fracking wells released over 5 billion pounds of methane in one year

The Panama Papers -- From revelations to revolt and beyond

Pritzker Prize-Winning Architect Publishes Open-Source Plans for Affordable Housing

Death Squads Are Back in Honduras, Activists Tell Congress

As Dems Debate Fossil Fuels, New Report Shows Fracking Worse Than Thought

Pentagon says 22 percent of military bases will be excess by 2019

Release of Clinton’s Wall Street Speeches Could End Her Candidacy for President

Wall Street Journal slimes Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore -- forgets about George W. Bush’s monumental blunders

Bernie Sanders, Union-Buster
More than a dozen local labor organizations have endorsed the Vermont senator, even though their national leaders have picked Hillary Clinton.

Oregon ACLU: DOJ May Have Broken Law With #BlackLivesMatter Probe

Yes, Hillary Clinton Is a Neocon
The argument over whether Hillary Clinton is a neocon may have been settled by her hawkish debate performance on Thursday, which followed her Israel-pandering speech before AIPAC.

Edward Snowden on police pursuing journalist data: the scandal is what the law allows

Exclusive Footage: Thousands Protest Trump at GOP’s NYC Gala, Many Arrested

Great Barrier Reef: the scale of bleaching has the most sober scientists worried
Australia’s world heritage site is the largest living thing on Earth. But warm water driven by El Niño is bleaching the reef, and a recent report calls for it to be listed as in danger.

Clinton meets privately with Hollywood big shots

Did the Obama Administration Offer New Balance a Big Contract for TPP Silence?

She’ll make Iran, Syria worse: What the media won’t tell you about our foreign policy -- and how hawkish Hillary will pour the kerosene

"The Apprentice" Alumni Speak Out Against Trump

Two despised frontrunners, two dying parties and a deeply broken system: How did we get here?
Trump and Clinton may be the two most hated frontrunners in history, dueling symbols of a duopoly in decay.

'Ditch Dodgy Dave': Anti-Austerity Protest Brings 150,000 to the Streets of London
Demand PM David Cameron's resignation over offshore investments revealed in the 'Panama Papers'

Our Drinking Water Systems Are a Disaster; What Can We Do?

It’s on: Tensions between Trump and the GOP escalate in public fight

Israel Hired PR Firm to Market Occupation to Black, Latino and LGBTQ Communities

Hillary Clinton’s Confusing and Conflicted Stance on the Minimum Wage

Most Racism Is Mundane
The lives of people of color are shaped by race in more ways than a white person might guess.

Nine more Guantánamo Bay prisoners released as population dwindles to 80

“A vote for Hillary is a vote for fracking”: Josh Fox talks Bernie Sanders, climate change and the political revolution we need

97 percent of scientists believe climate change is caused by humans, study finds

Tonga earthquake: Powerful 6.1 magnitude quake strikes southeast of island nation

Obama immigration actions face critical day at high court

This 9-year-old wants to be the first White House child science adviser

Coal Companies’ Secret Funding of Climate Science Denial Exposed

Bill Clinton's crime bill destroyed lives, and there's no point denying it

HEADDESK: Sarah Palin Claims She Is 'as Much a Scientist' as Bill Nye (VIDEO)

I'm a Transgender Man in North Carolina. Here's What the Bathroom Law Means for Me.

George Monbiot | Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems
Financial meltdown, environmental disaster and even the rise of Donald Trump – neoliberalism has played its part in them all. Why has the left failed to come up with an alternative?

Gay Men Can Catch Zika Virus Through Sex, Too, Officials Confirm

No, John Kasich, women are not to blame for rape

First Nations community grappling with suicide crisis: 'We're crying out for help'

What We Know and Don’t Know About Mass Shootings and Gun Deaths

Regulators Pin Uncontrolled Oil Sands Leaks on Company's Extraction Methods, Geohazards

Revealed: CIA Funding Companies that Specialize in Social Media Spying

Flint Aid Package Dropped Amid GOP Senator’s Opposition
A Senate GOP aide said that the Water Resources Development Act, one of the few major bills expected to move in the Senate, could provide a legislative vehicle for Flint funding.

Is this the end of the Great Barrier Reef?

Donald Trump just reminded everyone how dangerous he is: His rage-ridden WSJ op-ed puts his big lie on paper

Dems Push Congress to Care About Zika Before Mosquito Season Hits
It’s getting warmer, and lawmakers just keep fighting.

Watch: Bernie Sanders Ad Hijacks Trump's 'Art of the Deal' to Condemn the United States' 'Rigged Economy'

Half-truth Hillary finally exposed: This was the debate where Bernie Sanders changed the Democratic Party for good
On Syria, the minimum wage, fracking and more, this debate proved Sanders is the future and Clinton the past.

10 Laziest Takes of Election Season 2016

Participatory Democracy Drives Anti-Gentrification Movement in New York's El Barrio

How Sanders Could Lay the Foundation for a Third US Political Party

And a Union
Minimum-wage victories must be part of a broader strategy to win worker power.

Bernie Sanders stresses 'common good' in Vatican attack on capitalism
Democratic candidate launches sweeping indictment of economic system

Ending New York’s Stop-and-Frisk Did Not Increase Crime

‘Democracy Spring’ protesters arrested in Capitol Rotunda

Sanders tax return shows about $200,000 in income, some charitable giving in 2014

Charitable Plutocracy: Bill Gates, Washington State and the Nuisance of Democracy

The Dark Money Is on a Contested Convention and Paul Ryan

Former Speaker Hastert’s Hypocrisy of the Highest Order
-- Bill Berkowitz for BuzzFlash at Truthout

William Rivers Pitt | New York: The Beginning of the End of the Beginning

Trump Uses Eric Garner’s Dying Words To Mock Mitt Romney; His Supporters Roar With Laughter

'We're prepared to stay as long as it takes': Protesters occupy Indigenous and Northern Affairs office

Why World Leaders Are Terrified of Water Shortages

Elizabeth Warren Has Basically Had It With Paul Krugman’s Big Bank Nonsense

Changes Are Coming to Cuba, but What Will Those Changes Bring?

Religious exemptions kill: Church day care deaths and injuries show the dangers of expanding the privileges into law

People Still Don't Get the Link between Meat Consumption and Climate Change
A new kind of messaging could make it easier to appreciate the enormous benefits of moving away from a meat-heavy diet.

Calls for UC Davis chancellor's ouster grow amid Internet scrubbing controversy

The CIA Is Investing in Firms That Mine Your Tweets and Instagram Photos

Will the UN’s new leader stand for the powerful or the powerless?

World’s biggest oil producers meet to discuss possible freeze on production

Mississippi governor signs law allowing guns in churches

Public financing is available for presidential candidates. So what’s not to like about free money?

In 2016, UVA Medical Students Think Black People Feel Less Pain Than White People

Watch: Elizabeth Warren in Action: 5 Key Areas Where She's Taking a Bold Stand

David Swanson | What's the Truth Hidden by the "Super Predators" Lie?

Slander suit against citizens battling Alabama coal ash dump shows downsides of landfill disposal

Metropolitan Water District's Delta Islands Purchase Challenged by Lawsuit

The new Gilded Age: Close to half of all super-PAC money comes from 50 donors

New Report Shows Clinton Raising Money From Lobbyists That Have Represented Walmart, Fossil Fuel Firms and Wall Street

Clooney's neighbor throws Saturday fundraiser for Sanders

They Exist: ‘Bankers for Bernie’ Fight for Sanders in New York

Sanders' Net Worth: Less Than Half of Clinton's Honoraria from Goldman Sachs

Frances Moore Lappé | What I Learned From My March With Democracy Spring
The political march is a tool for social transformation in itself. This one gave me a taste of the connected, empowered society I’m working to create.

Michigan urges toughest lead rules in US after Flint crisis

Why Is the Department of Energy Still Funding Fights Against Whistleblowers?

Legal decision could resonate most in immigration epicenter of Los Angeles

Five Taxpayer-Supported Corporations That Paid Their CEOs More Than Uncle Sam

College Paper Ad Warns Prospective Students That Rape Could Be Part of the Price of Admission

Independent Voters Are Pissed They Can't Vote for Trump or Sanders in New York

US state prosecutors met with climate groups as Exxon probes expanded

War on drugs: UN challenged by Colombian president
Juan Manuel Santos calls for ‘more effective, lasting and human solution’ – and says his government will work alongside former bitter enemies FARC.

Sanders supporters shower Clinton motorcade with $1 bills at Clooney event

UN likely to have the Paris climate deal in effect two years earlier than expected

Superdelegates have destroyed the will of the people: As a political activist and hopeful millennial, I won’t support a broken system by voting for Hillary

Racist then, racist now: The real story of Bill Clinton’s crime bill

Here comes the charter school sneak attack: This is how a bipartisan education reform bill turns into a disaster for our kids

Japanese city covered in mysterious foam after earthquake

Ten Reasons Why Homelessness Is More Common Now Than Just 20 Years Ago

The Biggest Threat to the 99% Isn't the 1%, It's the 0.1%

Landslides turn Amalfi Coast deadly as Italy sits tight
Long a tourist mecca, clear cutting and climate change are eroding UNESCO heritage site.

Southwest Airlines draws outrage over man removed for speaking Arabic

Artist threatened with lawsuits if she sells nude Donald Trump painting

Avaaz Ignored Libya Lessons When Advocating for Syria No-Fly Zone

Homeless but employed: the Chicago restaurant workers living under a bridge
State’s attorney general is suing employment agencies, alleging that they target vulnerable workers and place them with restaurant employers who exploit them.

Tony Blair used undisclosed trust to bank consultancy earnings
The former prime minister has advised countries from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan.

"I'm Mad as Hell": Air Force Members Blame Health Horrors on Toxic Exposure

More than 900 of 'Democracy Spring' protesters arrested in DC

Palestinian who filmed Israeli soldier shooting disarmed man dead in Hebron receives death threats

Powerful earthquake kills at least 41 in Ecuador

In Defending Hillary Clinton’s Emails, Obama Shows His Double Standard on Classified Info
The Obama administration has cracked down on whistleblowers and leakers while offering Clinton a pass.

Three New European Union Laws May Limit Freedom of the Press

Pope Francis takes refugees back to Rome following provocative and emotional Lesbos visit

Bernie Sanders Must Defy the Pro-Israel Lobby and Reinstate His Anti-Occupation Jewish Advisor

Rosario Dawson arrested during pro-democracy sit-in at US Capitol
Actor has demonstrated alongside movement known as Democracy Spring, protesting special interests on steps of Congress for several days.

Researchers have found a ‘striking’ new side effect from eating fast food

What the Panama Papers Mean for Global Development

Texas fracking numbers are mind-boggling, but what do they really mean?
Environmental groups have analyzed the data and come up with a set of staggering numbers to illustrate the impact of fracking in Texas.

Hillary Clinton Needs to Answer for “Regime Change” in Honduras

'They sell you a dream': tech workers protest Clooney event for Clinton

March was Earth's 11th-straight warmest month on record

Verizon Lawyer Hits Striking Employees with His Porsche: Union

Obama likely to sit out Democratic primary altogether, White House aides say

Cruz sweeps Wyoming GOP convention

Enduring Somalia drought puts hundreds of thousands at risk, UN warns

Buffett Stakes $3.6 Billion on Massive Wind XI Project in Iowa

No, a $15 minimum wage won’t kill business: The economic reason why the Fight for $15 movement is so important

Republican leaders consider rewriting convention rules
The new rules would throw more power to the individual delegates and away from a powerful convention chair.

State seeks to pick up pace on bringing Syrian refugees to US

As Fracking Chemicals Reach A Creek Companies Fight Against A Fracking Waste Ban

Superdelegates have destroyed the will of the people: As a political activist and hopeful millennial, I won’t support a broken system by voting for Hillary

Obama immigration actions face critical day at high court

Slander suit against citizens battling Alabama coal ash dump shows downsides of landfill disposal

Bernie and Hillary on the Waterfront

Democracy Awakening: A Call to Action for People and the Planet

Hillary Clinton Faces a Liberal War Against the 1990s

On Anniversary of Rwandan Genocide, Bill Clinton’s Words Ring Hollow

Hillary Clinton's Favorite Mouthpiece: The New York Times

The Spirit of Occupy Lives on in France's Emerging Direct Democracy Movement

How Sanders supporters can remake the Democratic Party

Boston Marks Third Anniversary of Marathon Bombings

Connecticut Judge Rules Against Gun Manufacturers on Sandy Hook

The Newtown Families Just Won a Big Victory in Their Fight Against Remington Guns

Racist Cops, Racist Courts

Kleptorenumeration: When the Highest-Paid Jobs Cause the Most Harm