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Guantanamo protest

As the hunger strike approaches its 100th day on May 17, 100 prisoners are refusing food.

Soybeans

A throwback is just that, even if it is shrouded in organic hemp cloth.

How music plagiarism ruined a composer’s career and literally drove him mad.

Digital surveillance

Search engine executives warn about invasive government surveillance, but the digital arms trade begins with their own technologies.

Myanmar police

Buddhism is marked by concern for the welfare of all “sentient” creatures. But when it is harnessed to ethnic intolerance and extreme nationalism, it can turn violent.

bookstore

Walking libraries... a God named “Word”.. what Sherlock Holmes never said... read it here!

Mary Thom

The feminist author and long-time editor of Ms. magazine died tragically in a biking accident.

chemical fire

How Americans unwittingly entered—and become exposed to biohazards in—the greatest uncontrolled experiment ever launched.

New York Times

From climate change to financial meltdown, the worst of our journalism is becoming the norm. 

Anwar al-Awlaki

How three US citizens were killed by their own government in the space of one month in 2011.

Blogs

In a blast of blarney, Biden gives Scarborough an ego boost and a possible campaign ad.

April 12, 2013

With HB 2169, which prohibits the use of student fees for political advocacy, students are the new victims of Arizona's right-wing regime. 

April 12, 2013

In the latest picks, activists organize around education, economist Richard Wolff tells it like it is and Farc and the Colombian government make progress towards peace. Who said no news is good news?

April 12, 2013

The National Hockey League is now a no-homophobia league. Who will follow suit?

April 12, 2013

Social Security hasn't contributed to this deficit and won't add to future debt—and it's journalistic malpractice for the mainstream press to suggest otherwise.

April 11, 2013

What is "independent media," and why is it so important?

April 10, 2013

Society keeps telling women that marriage is for their benefit, but we know better.

April 10, 2013

Everything you need to know about the gun control package being debated this week, including what might get weakened. 

April 9, 2013

Now-former Rutgers coach Mike Rice is just the tip of a homophobic iceberg. What'll it take to melt it away?

April 9, 2013

In her new, confident guise, Mad Men's Peggy shows the men how it's done.

April 9, 2013