All News Articles for 2015-01-19
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Noam Chomsky: Obama's Drone Program 'The Most Extreme Terrorist Campaign of Modern Times' Famed linguist takes aim at western hypocrisy on terrorism. Read more |
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Taking Back the Streets and Their Stories, Thousands Reclaim MLK Day In year that saw renewed calls for racial justice, over 50 nationwide demonstrations held to 'desanitize' the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Read more |
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'Brutality Beyond Words': Kenyan Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesting Children Fighting to keep school playground, Kenyan children and activists assaulted by police Read more |
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'It Hurts Us All': Civil Rights Group Calls for Redskins Name Change 'The team seems to think that if they just ignore the mascot issue and do nothing then it will go away, but nothing could be further from the truth.' Read more |
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Mass Die-Offs of Birds and Fish Increasing In Frequency and Magnitude: Study 'One additional mass mortality event per year over 70 years translates into a considerable increase in the number of these events being reported each year' Read more |
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Upheaval in Yemen Continues as Deadly Clashes Break Out in Capital Civilans face continued instability, violence Read more |
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Five Decades After Momentous Civil Rights Action, Friendship Nine to be Exonerated Demonstrators' decision to accept jail time, rather than to go free on bail, became a widely used tactic in the fight against racial inequality Read more |
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GCHQ Spied on American, British Journalists, NSA Files Show Investigative journalists listed among terrorists and hackers on threat assessment list Read more |
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GOP Lawmakers Plan Their Attack Against NY Fracking Ban One month after landmark ban, Congress is likely to pursue 'property rights' argument to deflate regulatory action Read more |
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Ruptured Pipeline Pumps Tens of Thousands of Gallons of Shale Oil Along Yellowstone River Residents in eastern Montana worry about contamination after "unknown amount" of Bakken crude enters water supply Read more |
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Surveillance Is Just First Phase as NSA Plans 'Guerilla' Tactics for Global Cyberwar 'The US government is currently undertaking a massive effort to digitally arm itself for network warfare.' Read more |
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Richest 1% Percent To Have More Than Rest of Humanity Combined New Oxfam report shows the scale of global inequality is 'simply staggering' Read more |