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AFL-CIO Highlights Worker Struggles In Advance Of White House Worker Summit

Yeb Saño Embarks on 930-Mile Walk From Rome to Paris Demanding World Leaders Take Climate Action

Caution, Trolling Ahead: Fossil Fuel Advocates Are Hoping You Fail Their Latest Challenge

The Wet Prince of Bel Air: Who is California’s biggest water guzzler?

A Mother’s Love Does Not Allow Me to Surrender

Groups Challenge Wyoming's 'Downright Un-American' Censorship Laws
State laws place citizen scientists and advocacy groups 'in jeopardy for acting to protect public health, the environment, and animal welfare'

What can the UN do for press freedom?

Rouhani's dual messages and Iran’s security strategy

Private Equity Firm Buys Stake in Texas Wind Farms

Guantánamo's Refugee Dilemma

A few miles away from where the pope addressed Congress, a black community looks for change

Black Parenting Matters: Raising Children in a World of Police Terror

Trumpocrisy: The Donald's Finances and the Art of Ignoring Conflicts and Contradictions

NYPD failing to stop cops who use excessive force: inspector general

The US is getting blindsided: How our imperial arrogance is continuing to wreak havoc

Fukushima: the World’s Never Seen Anything Like This

Cop Threatens Innocent Pregnant Woman and Her Fiancé with a Shotgun for Filming Them

Islamophobia Sweeps Across Canada as Conservative Party Supports Veil Ban
-- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout

Senate Dems call on Boehner to disband Benghazi panel

Why Wall Street Is Howling Over The Big New Reform Coming Down The Pike

US-backed Syrian rebels say they have been hit by Russian airstrikes
Commander of group that has received CIA training says camp in Idlib province was struck by about 20 missiles in two separate sorties.

Plastic-eating worms to ease pollution problems

Understanding Mass Incarceration - and Bringing It Down: An Interview With James Kilgore

Exposure to traffic-related air pollution a high risk for pregnant women

EPA sets limit for toxic pollutants released into waterways

Marginalizing the Momentum of the BDS Movement

Corruption of the Concept of Religious Freedom: Pope's Support of Kim Davis
-- Bill Berkowitz for BuzzFlash at Truthout

Oklahoma governor halts execution of Richard Glossip due to ‘last minute questions’ about the drugs involved

Why Syrian Refugees in Turkey Are Leaving for Europe

Anti-gay Sentiment Arises During the U.N. General Assembly

Bold Nebraska Victory On Eminent Domain Over TransCanada

Men Start to Make Women’s Struggles Their Own in Argentina

House votes to prevent shutdown

Ted Cruz is toast: It’s not just that he won’t be president — his days in the Senate are numbered, too

FBI: Pot arrests rise to 700,993 in 2014

US pulls spies from China after hack

Edward Snowden just joined Twitter. He's already creating a stir

Will Mitch McConnell Be Resigning Next?

Noam Chomsky on the Potential for Ordinary People to Make Radical Change

Pro-Lifers Embarrassed By Planned Parenthood Hearing, Call It ‘GOP Freak Show’

The Fall of King Coal

US coalition troops sent to Afghan city to help fight the Taliban
For the first time, coalition officials publicly confirmed that they are actively involved in boosting Afghan troops in Kunduz, a city seized by the Taliban a few days ago.

Aden's war devastation shows extent of Yemen's human crisis

Senate passes funding bill to avert government shutdown

Obama’s Self-Deceit
President Obama, who has boasted of ordering military strikes on seven countries, chastised Russia and China for not abiding by the rules of international behavior, a breathtaking example of hypocrisy or self-deceit.

Kissinger poisoned the Middle East: America is living in a quagmire of his making
W made matters worse, but the Middle East's radicalization can all be traced to our support of the Shah of Shahs

Conservatives float (insane idiot) Trey Gowdy as next House majority leader

Russian Pilots Launch First Strikes in Syria, Officials Say

Kentucky clerk Kim Davis in secret meeting with Pope Francis, report says

Georgia inmate Kelly Gissendaner executed

The Pointless Cowardice of John Boehner

Ending Police Militarization, One City at a Time

Five Next Steps in the War Against Monsanto and Big Food
-- Ronnie Cummins of EcoWatch on BuzzFlash at Truthout

The collapse of Saudi Arabia is inevitable

What to Do About America's WMDs

The Shameless Greed of Predatory Pharmaceutical Profiteering Off of Deadly Diseases
-- Will Durst for BuzzFlash at Truthout

Engineering Humans for War

New York City Credit Unions Give Mom-and-Pop Stores a Chance, Despite Gentrification

EPA Announces New Rules To Protect Farmworkers From Pesticides

The right’s big abortion lie: The very real ways pro-life politics make women less safe

Report: Senior VA executives abused positions for financial gain

Search for House Speaker Falls to Splintered GOP
Representative Kevin McCarthy, who formally announced his candidacy for the speaker’s job, promised to respect the views of the faction that drove out John Boehner.

Jamaica calls for Britain to pay billions of pounds in reparations for slavery

Trevor Noah’s first ‘Daily Show’: What were we afraid of?

Samsung Responds to the Worker Leukemia Cluster: Why the Samsung Tragedies Matter

Secret Service official wanted to embarrass congressman

The Nearly Abandoned, Historic Hamlets Of Europe May Provide A Solution For The Refugee Crisis

Multiple casualties reported in shooting at Oregon community college

Photographing the first generation of children with openly LGBT parents

Health Experts Applaud New Guidelines for Global HIV Treatment
Treatment must 'move out of clinics and into the communities with mobilized, empowered and engaged people living with HIV'

“Our research work is socially relevant:” An Interview on NGOs in Bolivia with CEDIB’s Marco A. Gandarillas

Despite Brutal Irony, US Accuses Russia of 'Pouring Gasoline on Fire' in Syria

Toxic Algae Outbreak Overwhelms a Polluted Ohio River

EPA tightening limits on smog-causing ozone, citing need to protect public health

Thirty Countries Submitted Their Climate Action Plans in Three Days

This interactive map shows the toxic sites near you

Ky. governor rips Kim Davis lawsuit as 'forlorn'

US House Passes Yet Another Anti-Choice Bill

Bankruptcy Lawyers Strip Cash from Coal Miners’ Health Insurance
Workers often bear the brunt of the coal industry’s decline. One case stands out: 208 Indiana miners, wives and widows whose health care may fall to financial engineering.

They’re Shouting from the Rooftops About Junk Bond Dangers – $2.2 Trillion Too Late

Fire at Thousand Oaks Planned Parenthood office found to be arson

Congress Temporarily Funds Government, Including Planned Parenthood

Warning: Another Attack On Our Postal Service

Exiled Mexicans fear losing homes near bridge

Hurricane Joaquin bears down on Bahamas and could hit US east coast
Storm predicted to turn to north and northwest toward United States late Thursday or Friday, but forecasters still gathering data to determine how it might affect the US.

The FCC Is Voting to Cap Ridiculous Phone Rates in Prison

Lack of local land rights harms fight against poverty, climate change

Many natural World Heritage sites threatened by oil, mining

Vinyl flooring chemical linked to high blood pressure during pregnancy

​US Military Tells Soldiers to Ignore ​Sexual Abuse of Children in Afghanistan
-- Robert C. Koehler for BuzzFlash at Truthout

REDress Project Highlights Missing & Murdered Aboriginal Women

Rank-and-File Teachers Object As Nation's Biggest Union Weighs Early Clinton Endorsement
Mirroring similar rifts within other unions, National Education Association members prepare to protest Sanders snub

Bernie Sanders is the first candidate to reach a million donations this year, says his campaign

Protests To Defend Penobscot Nation Of Ancestral Waterway Rights

Republicans worry new Speaker could face old problems

Oregon Marijuana Shops Begin Sales to Recreational Users

Is Stock Investing for Suckers?

FOIA documents reveal hot spots, fish kills and toxic dumps on Okinawa military base

Okla. officials vote to remove Ten Commandments from courthouse

Senate Democrats Plan Attack on Koch Brothers Ahead of 2016 Race
-- Cole Mellino of EcoWatch on BuzzFlash at Truthout

Monsanto Sued by Farm Workers Claiming Roundup Caused Their Cancers
-- Lorraine Chow of EcoWatch on BuzzFlash at Truthout

A Spoiled Deal: How a Dispute Over Dairy Helped Sidetrack the Trans-Pacific Partnership

How Much of Big Pharma's Massive Profits Are Used to Influence Politicians?

Study: Pesticide Exposure Raises Parkinson's Rates Near Gaza Area Farms

Elizabeth Warren Exposes Nexus of Corporate-Financed Studies and Think Tanks
-- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout

GOP leader accidentally tells the truth about Benghazi committee

The Latin America WikiLeaks Files

13 Best Tweets Celebrating Shell Abandoning Arctic Drilling

A Super-PAC Just Halted Its Support for Rand Paul
This could be a sign of bigger trouble for the GOP candidate.

Rand Paul Unloads On Cruz: 'He's Pretty Much Done For' In The Senate

Mahmoud Abbas lists alleged Israeli violations before 'bombshell' UN speech

Bipartisan Criminal Justice Overhaul Proposal Expected As Soon As Thursday, New Mandatory Minimums Included

Reflections of a ‘Master Legislator’
Nineteen interviews with Senator Edward M. Kennedy, along with 170 more with colleagues, aides and others about his 46-year career, were released on Wednesday.

Pope Hasn't Revoked Vatican Doctrine of Discovery, Which Was Basis for European Seizure of the Americas
-- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout

David Swanson | Three Cheers for Gridlock

The Refugee Crisis Is Rooted in the West's Policies

US Takes Milestone Stance Against Whales In Captivity

Ben Carson's Love Affair With a "Nutjob" Conspiracy Theorist

NASA discovers liquid water on Mars, William Shatner remains unconvinced

Dahr Jamail | Free Speech Gets the Death Penalty

In America, the Poorer You Are, the Poorer Your Children Will Be

William Rivers Pitt | Blood on the Moon for the GOP

New Zealand's new ocean sanctuary will be one of world's largest protected areas

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Seattle’s Minimum Wage Hike

Cruz sternly rebuked by GOP

Biden Would Enter 2016 Race As Most Popular Candidate: NBC Poll

Five Nuclear Emergencies And How President Trump Would Have Handled Them