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News of Kagarlitsky’s arrest has sparked anger and empathy among a wide range of activists.

A program that’s saved 25 million lives is at risk of losing its congressional authorization for the first time.

There’s more than a little irony in Peter Carroll’s poem about a woman who has been imprisoned for over 20 years being “free to start over.”

SAG-AFTRA and WGA are joining forces with hotel workers, UPS drivers, teachers and others for solidarity marches

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) tries to rewrite the state laws that govern your rights, often benefiting huge corporations. A review of hundreds of tax filings by CMD reveals some of the top bankrollers of ALEC.

Arrests of 'Angry Patriots' like war blogger Igor Strelkov in Russia have begun. No matter how wrong the Angry Patriots may be, they are punished not for their sins, not even for their principles, but for the fact that they have principles at all.

The U.S. Department of Justice's revised ('superseding') indictment against Donald Trump, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira provides a riveting minute-by-minute account of the conspirators' effort to delete incriminating security camera evidence.

Historian Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, a US citizen born in Japan, challenges the prevailing American view that the US decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary or justified as a means of compelling Japan's surrender.