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Rabbi Brian Walt is rabbi emeritus of Mishkan Shalom, an activist synagogue in Philadelphia that he founded in 1987. He was the founding executive director of...

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Who can afford to set aside enlisting their schoolchildren to hawk gift wrap for school fundraisers so parents can bring in over a $1 million through school...

In the early 1980s, a group of antinuclear activists and musicians put together an album of protest songs as a statement against the development of the Palo...

While Biden may indeed be a "nice guy," he is quite possibly the worst candidate to challenge Trump.

Nearly 1 billion undernourished

New Paper Explores Innovative Strategies from Across the U.S.

On Monday, February 16th about 50 activists decided to take a trip to the Franklin Mills Mall right outside Philadelphia, PA to get their look at a new...

Antitrust enforcement could be hobbled under President-elect Donald Trump and his pick for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions

Resource wars are possible as global warming melts polar ice - opening new areas to oil exploitation, cables indicate.

Was this really the man with whom I shook hands almost a quarter of a century ago? I've spent 24 hours looking again and again at those videotapes. The more I...

President Obama, who is under pressure from the Pentagon and defense contractors to surge 40,000 additional U.S. troops into occupied Afghanistan, will meet...

ENI Knew a report by Greenpeace Italy and ReCommon, revealed that the Italian oil and gas giant has known since the early 1970s about the damage caused by...

Rights 'are being treated with utter contempt by many governments around the world'

With key K-12 and higher ed programs on the chopping block, education advocate Diane Ravitch declares: "Don't agonize. Organize."

"Boris Johnson was always manifestly unfit to be PM and the Tories should never have elected him leader or sustained him in office for as long as they have,"...

Everything that can be done must done to avert global nuclear annihilation.

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On Saturday, a capacity crowd at the Los Angeles Convention Center saw Edward Snowden make a surprise in-person public appearance, his first on U.S. soil since...

"There is very little doubt that Texas is in for one of the worst rainfall and flood events in its history."

Move to Destroy Refuge Wetlands to Protect Private Beach Homes Challenged

The following is a statement from Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works, on President Joe Biden signing the Inflation Reduction Act into...

A coalition of environmental groups filed letters today urging the Trump administration to analyze the environmental impacts of the approved route for the...

We all dream of peace. But what have we sacrificed to make peace a reality? Some American men and women have risked everything to help end the Iraq War. And...

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"Contributions from dark money groups and shell companies are outpacing all prior elections and may even surpass the roughly $660 million in contributions from...

Dozens reportedly injured in violent scuffle between police and Palestinian worshipers

Plans to sell England's forests attracted cross-party opposition and sparked a public outcry

At work behind almost any great social movement is an engine of counter-economy.

A new index shows that 95% of world governments have failed to raise taxes on the rich and corporations during the pandemic.

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The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is a national nonprofit that works with immigrants, community organizations, legal professionals, and policy makers...

Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, has said he will not allow the newly-nominated US envoy to take up his post in Caracas, following comments over...

In response to reports that Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner John Sanders will step down, Human Rights First's Jennifer Quigley released the...

Petraeus, McChrystal, and the Surgettes

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Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) introduced the "Agricultural Right to Repair Act" today, taking an important step toward breaking consolidated equipment...

School districts and a teachers union in Minnesota are suing to block immigration agents from targeting people in and near public schools.

Now is the moment for people arguing against a system that covers everyone while reducing overall costs to be quiet and enjoy some moments of reflection

Precinct-by-precinct analysis and other data debunk myths about African-American voting on marriage equality

BRUSSELS - From its humble beginnings in the 1950s, the fair trade movement has gone from selling coffee at left-wing political meetings to having whole...

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New feature highlights the industries and members of Congress working to undo the law

Ensnaring Terrorists Demands Creativity

"Donald Trump tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power and keep control of the government despite losing an election," said one ethics expert. "There...

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First Published in The Village Voice, Nov. 12, 1996 After years of crafting and rationalizing Bill Clinton's version of the attack on poor people, high-ranking...

"What is necessary right now is not the cancellation of Russia but a unification of the world."

During his presidential campaign, President Bush repeatedly promised to "Leave No Child Behind," using the Children's Defense Fund's trademarked mission...

he Syrian government's use of internationally banned chemical weapons was laid bare once again on February 4 when a chlorine gas attack on the town of Saraqeb...

Calling refusal to enforce Muslim ban a "betrayal," Republican president fires Acting Attorney General Sally Yates and also replaces Acting Director of...

Since LNG exports benefit no one but an irresponsible, polluting industry, why are public officials so eager to cozy up to them? For some, the answer is...

Gender justice is an unfamiliar term to most people. Many assume it is merely a feminine (and therefore diminutive) form of justice, created by adding an...

We need a true populist, someone who is able to detail how Trump has betrayed the very workers he claims to serve

OSLO - Millions of people are threatened by poor, unreliable, or non-existent water resources, and climate change could make things worse. IPS looked at some...

"Energy sovereignty through renewables is no longer just an environmental necessity, it is a matter of security," one campaigner said.

The American people know a fake when they see it.

Today, college students spoke out to urge Senators to reject the pending student loan deal, which may come up for a vote in the Senate as early as this...

After the possible $650 million U.S. missile sale to Saudi Arabia was announced, the peace group CodePink noted that "one Yemeni child continues to die every...

Disastrous Record in New Jersey Bodes Ill for Reforming EPA

Ardent nuclear supporter to join Nuclear Regulation Authority, replacing critic of speedy nuclear restart

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Our new President and Vice President rode the rails to D.C., echoes of history in the air. Obama's deliberate choice of a train for his inaugural journey and...

Hurling Hail Mary's -- When is a victory more like a defeat? At the risk of being churlish, passing this health care bill was the palest of victories. Yes,...

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, joined by 125 national, state, and local organizations, wrote to senators today expressing strong support...

President Obama should meet with former Chinese political prisoners living in the United States before the summit

'This is an opportunity to highlight statewide concerns about one company ruling politics in the state'

In an interview published today, Google Co-founder Sergey Brin told The Guardian that internet openness and universal access are under immediate attack by...

You don't have to be a peak oil news junkie to know that something's up with the global oil supply. Yesterday, prices went above $104 for the first time on the...

Responding to news that the United States Senate has voted to block the $8 billion emergency arms sales intended for the Saudi-UAE led coalition and ordered by...

Civil rights group calls on supporters to wave white towels while president is in stadium Monday evening

"Running an illegal lottery and violating consumer protections is ample basis for an injunction," reads the lawsuit filed by Philadelphia District Attorney...

The media turns the other way, or perverts the truth, while an increasingly imperialist United States, with Britain in tow, pursues its expansionist interests

I'm beginning to think we are living in a moment of national insanity. On the one hand, we hear pious exhortations about education reform, endlessly uttered by...

With Honduras delivering the 50th ratification of the treaty on Saturday, the world has spoken and the global community has banned these most dangerous of...

Law-breaker, union-buster, tax-escapee and shifter of costs to others, the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, announced last week that it would respect the...

Common Cause is urging the U.S. House of Representatives to expel Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), and as a first step vote to censure and strip him of his committee...

Federal cell phone radiation standards are outdated and may not protect public health, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released today....

Executives try to skate by the human toll by saying that the machine takeover is a natural process, the inevitable march of technological progress. That's...

Today, Cox Communications, the nation's third-largest cable company, announced that in February it will begin testing new network management practices that...

On October 20, 1973, President Richard Nixon executed the infamous "Saturday Night Massacre" in which Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox was fired and...

Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter and Beyond Pesticides Executive Director Jay Feldman

Statement of NOW President Toni Van Pelt

"It's known as the Hershey prison, and we get home release," one worker said of a Hershey's plant in Virginia.

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Maybe you're one of the thousands of young lawyers in America working in some low-skill, part-time job because law firms have cut so many of the starting...

Nabil Salih is an engineer and freelance journalist from Baghdad.

Despite Trump's Tweets, New Trophy Policies Still In Effect

"Trump is alternating between yelling at people saying he doesn't care about Puerto Rico and saying he doesn't care about Puerto Rico."

If fossil fuel emissions continue as usual, droughts lasting as long as 35 years a "near certainty" in parched Western U.S. states

Today, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Public Counsel, along with law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips will deliver closing arguments in...

Contamination Case in Closed-Door Negotiations for "Non-Regulatory" Resolution

"Raise the threat level to a code red," they cry out. From Baghdad to D.C., a growing chorus of a-tonal anti-union executives around the world (the only choir...

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders now says he'd end it, and would vote for legalization. He joins Rand Paul. Hillary says she's thinking about it. On...

How I wish that Ben Bernanke would get caught emailing photos of his underwear-clad groin. Otherwise we don't stand a chance of reversing this administration's...

Opponents of President Viktor Yanukovich lash out against anti-protest law as 100,000 take to the streets

Vote to strengthen partnership with school administration to help students succeed

We need to support a free and independent media; efforts to undermine them are on the rise, and we need to hear a diversity of voices and opinions more than...