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Sanders Introduces Carbon Tax to 'Fight Humanity’s Greatest Challenge'

Diplomatic Progress as Syria Opposition Groups Agree on Joint Principles

Jon Queally, staff writer

Efforts towards a negotiated diplomatic settlement for the war in Syria made some progress on Thursday as members of various political and military opposition groups ended two days of meetings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by saying some agreements on basic principles have been reached. As...

Beyond Paris, Climate Movement Plans Global Swarm for Future of Humanity

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

As the United Nations climate talks in Paris near their end, global activists...

Hillary Clinton Called Out for Hypocrisy on Islamophobia

Sarah Lazare, staff writer

Eleven advocacy organizations on Thursday accused former Secretary of State...

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Muslim Advocacy Group HQ Evacuated After 'Suspicious Substance' Reported

Hundreds of U.S. Groups Stand Against 'Dangerous Tide of Hatred, Violence'

Deepening Inequality Driving US Middle Class into Oblivion

The Deadly Results of This Nation's Mental Healthcare Failure

Now Is the Time for Ambitious Action, Say Protesters, Flooding COP21 Summit

'Perpetrators Can't Also Be Judges'

Bye Bye, No Child Left Behind... Hello 'Excusing States for Student Abandonment'?

Groups Cry Foul as Congress Readies 'Super Bill of Pure Terribleness'

'Taking Page From Donald Trump,' US House Votes for Restrictions on Visa Waiver Program

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Extremely Eloquent, Therefore Extremely Dangerous: Native Poet Activist John Trudell Walks On

After decades of "speaking our truth" - from the Alcatraz occupation that helped fuel the American Indian Movement to powerful spoken word performances - Santee Sioux artist and indigenous rights activist John Trudell has died at 69. Trudell long argued "the genocide of civilization" called for us to "reclaim our memory (as) human beings" - thus prompting the FBI to compile a 17,000-page dossier on him. Near the end, he thanked supporters for their love: "It has been like a fire to my heart."