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A World in Shambles: An Interview With C.J. Polychroniou

Progressive causes see 'unprecedented' upswing in donations after US election
Nonprofits such as Planned Parenthood and ACLU saw more fundraising as they approached end-of-year drives, with many donating instead of gift-giving

William Rivers Pitt | My Mother's Favorite Thing

Pakistan Releases 220 Indian Fishermen

The Scandal of Vast Inequality in Retirement Pay

Newt Gingrich: Donald Trump’s Twitter Foreign Policy Is ‘Brilliant’

Earthquake Of Magnitude 7.7 Rocks Southern Chile

Stop plan to weaken Kentucky rules on waste from coal-fired power plants

Can Black-Owned Banks Survive a Digital Economy?

Pipe leaks groundwater from old ash pond into Lake Wylie at Duke Energy plant

Mongolia's Air Pollution Is Five Times Worse Than Beijing's

‘Tragedy’ inside Mosul as food runs out and the battle against ISIS drags on

Education Bill May Require Wyoming Schools to Teach Native History, Culture

At Angola Prison, Getting Sick Can Be a Death Sentence
A 6-month investigation into Louisiana’s Angola prison, the largest maximum-security state prison in the country, reveals substandard and inhumane healthcare—leading to extremely high death rates for prisoners. Does this amount to unconstitutional “cruel and unusual punishment”?

California Forests Failing to Regrow After Intense Wildfires
Huge, destructive fires are more common with climate change, and the loss of regeneration threatens to exacerbate global warming.

Creatures From the Corporate Lagoon: Trump Fills Swamp With Billionaires, Bankers and Oilmen
All told, the combined net worth of these humble public servants surpasses $13 billion.

Another Witch Hunt? Trump Team Demands Info on State Department's Gender Equality Programs

A Black mother told police a white man assaulted her child. They arrested her instead.

Court Rules Climate Scientist Can Pursue Defamation Claims Against Critics

Trump’s transition team seems to be moving forward on the border wall.

Trump protesters plan to open 'movement house' in Washington DC

With Dakota Access in Limbo, More Bakken Crude to Move on Trains

How Hospitals, Nursing Homes Keep Lethal "Superbug" Outbreaks Secret
Vague rules and patchy requirements often keep this information from the public.

Who Will Fight US Wars?
Trump wants to expand the military, but fewer Americans are interested in serving.

Deutsche Bank to Settle Mortgage Inquiry for $7.2 Billion

Trump's Top Regulations Advisor, Billionaire Carl Icahn, Will Profit From Weak Regulations

Rex Tillerson Won't Have to Show Tax Returns

California Gov. Jerry Brown pardons 112, commutes one sentence in pre-Christmas tradition

Financial Vetting Goes Slowly for Trump’s Wealthy Cabinet Picks

After Trump, Is the Media Normalizing the KKK?

Locked & Loaded: The Gun Industry's Lucrative Relationship With Hollywood

Israel Retaliates Against Countries Who Supported UN Vote

In US Towns, Private Profits From Public Works
Desperate towns have turned to private equity firms to manage their waterworks. The deals bring much-needed upgrades, but can carry hefty price tags.

Trump announces plan to close foundation

Christmas and Resistance to Slavery in the Americas

2017 Will Be Another Monster Year for Reproductive Rights Battles

Water-starved Tamil Nadu farmers seek to take the fizz out of cola giants

Abandoned Texas oil wells seen as "ticking time bombs" of contamination

Exxon Mobil Is Fighting to Keep Its Dangerous Chemicals in Children’s Toys

Israel rejects 'shameful' UN resolution amid criticism of Netanyahu
Israel orders steps against a number of countries that backed motion calling for halt to building of settlements in occupied territories

How Many Children Were Shot Dead Today? An Interview with Gary Younge

At Angola Prison Getting Sick Can be a Death Sentence

World's First Solar Road Opens in France

Trump’s Interior pick confounds conservationists

A User's Guide to Taking On the Trump Agenda

Trump’s Pick for Interior Secretary Was Caught in “Pattern of Fraud” at SEAL Team 6

L.A. Immigration Protesters Promise Resistance to Trump Presidency

‘New Mexico’s DAPL’ is dead

Some "Unrecognized" Tribes Still Waiting After 130 Years

"We've Seen Exxon Leading the Charge to Go After Groups That Criticized Them"

Hanukkah, Syria and the Perils of Empire

Ex-LA County Sheriff's Obstruction Trial Ends in Mistrial; Jurors Hopelessly Deadlocked

How Liberals Can Use the Tea Party Playbook to Stop Trump

GOP's Next Battle Against Gay Rights: Proposed First Amendment Defense Act Will Use "Religious Freedom" to Legalize Discrimination

Google Is Profiting From Holocaust Denial, Says Jewish Museum

Nuke Experts Say Trump's Tweet Is "a Very Bad Sign"

Trump Brings on Billionaire Bruiser Carl Icahn to Gut Government Regulations

Obama's Grants of Clemency Top 1,300 in Effort to Address Justice System Problems

Trump Corruption Fail: Eric Trump's Pre-Inauguration Pay-for-Play Scheme Collapses

Trump Says He Wants to "Greatly Strengthen and Expand" US Nuclear Capability

Suspect in Berlin Christmas Market Attack Shot Dead in Milan, According to Senior Security Official

KKK documentary canceled after A&E learns producers paid Klan members
Escaping the KKK spiked after networked discovered third-party producers gave ‘nominal’ cash payments to Ku Klux Klan members in order to gain some access

Five races to watch in 2017

United States Sues Barclays Bank to Recover Civil Penalties for Fraud in the Sale of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities

Typhoon Nina Strands Thousands

Russian Military Plane Crashes in Black Sea, Killing 92

Israel Censures 10 Ambassadors After UN Settlements Vote

Trump Plans To Dissolve His Foundation; N.Y. Attorney General Pushes Back

Institutions, Rule of Law and Civil Rights Deteriorate in Brazil as Government Doubles Down on Failed Economic Policies

Australia: Half of all seabirds along south-east Queensland coast have plastic in stomachs
The coastlines are being littered with millions of pieces of plastic that are causing harm to marine life, new research reveals.

Trump EPA Transition Team Lacks Expertise on Chemicals, Water

Farmers in Sudan battle climate change and hunger as desert creeps closer
Haphazard rains and increasing desertification in the eastern state of Gedaref are destroying previously fertile soil and leaving villagers unable to farm.

IBM Employees Launch Petition Protesting Cooperation With Donald Trump

Teen slain during home demolition raid
Israeli high court ordered partial demolition of family home of Palestinian assailant killed in October.

All the State Energy Legislation From 2016, in One Place

The Continuing Muddle at a Pro-Trump Political Committee
‘America Comes First’ can’t seem to decide if it’s a PAC or a super PAC, but in either case its federal filings remain problematic.

How Muslim Activists Are Organizing Against Islamophobia in the Face of President Trump
Communities brace for more aggressive policies, and prepare to fight back.

Panel Survey Shows Huge Movement to Trump After Comey Letter

Union-Owned Union Economy Provides an Infrastructure Alternative to the Wall Street Mentality That’s Been Picking the Pockets of Working People

Living With Lead

You Say You're an American, but What If You Had to Prove It or Be Deported?
American citizens are being held in immigrant detention centers.

#Earth2Trump: Campaign Kicking Off to Galvanize Resistance
Sixteen-city tour will 'rally and empower defenders of civil rights and the environment.'

Churches connect Christmas story to refugee crisis

Trump's nuclear tweet raises question of 'quid pro quo' for defense contractors

What the Drug War Could Look Like Under President Trump

Obama's Weak Defense of His Record on Drone Killings
His choices made unjust strikes predictable and inevitable—and with Donald Trump poised to take power, the precedents he set are all the more alarming.

5,000 Migrants Died in the Mediterranean in 2016, UN Body Says

The Eric Trump Charity Paid the Trump Organization Big Bucks

The cost of acquiring a college degree has become a toll that Americans must pay to enter the workforce, and that the best response is to expand free public college and eliminate the gatekeepers to higher ed.

Obama signs annual defense policy bill into law

The Mexican Cartels’ Christmas Slaughter

Zephyr Teachout | Trump Could Be the Most Corruptible President Ever

How a Grad Student Found Spyware That Could Control Anybody’s iPhone from Anywhere in the World

Workers Strike Paralyzes Oil Sector Across Brazil

Arctic freeze on Israeli settlement products

Temperatures around North Pole leap close to melting point

Stocks Could Suffer As Trump Trade Policy Takes Shape

India on track to beat its Paris targets years ahead of schedule, according to government report

US Government Quietly Starts Asking Travelers for Social Media Accounts

Maine Governor Tells Employers to Ignore Higher Minimum Wage

Nigerian Government Pushes Boko Haram Out Of Stronghold, President Says

Berlin market attack: Anis Amri's escape journey

Christmas at Guantánamo: Proof That Anything Can Be Normalized

Rasmea Odeh’s new trial set for May

NoDAPL, Trump and Mother Earth – Funny Cartoons by Ricardo Cate’

Car-Free Living in the United States: What the Data Says

Blagojevich asks for presidential commutation

Rex Tillerson's Record on Climate Change: Rhetoric vs. Reality

A Sportscaster's Secret Mission To Save Jewish Family At The 'Nazi' Olympics

The Anti-Worker History of Trump's Small Business Administration Pick

The Great Unwinding of Public Education: Detroit and DeVos

California Becomes Heart of Anti-Trump Resistance

Blaming Russia Is Irresistible to the Democrats

Chicago Police Superintendent Still Weighing Whether to Punish Four Laquan Cops

In Historic Decision, Canada Declares Internet Access a Fundamental Right for All

Holy Rage: Lessons From Standing Rock

The Truth Behind the "New" Police Tool for Confronting Fentanyl Menace

Trump Chooses Sean Spicer for Press Secretary

Prince Charles: Rising Intolerance Risks Repeat of Horrors of Past

Unrepentant and Influenced Online: A Look at the Trial of Dylann Roof

Obama to Give Final Speech of Presidency in Chicago Next Month

President Signs Law Protecting Your Right to Review