Eric Garner’s dying words of “I can’t breathe” continue to echo around the world. Hundreds of people chanted this last plea as they staged a die-in at a west London mall on Wednesday night, in solidarity with the loved ones of Garner and the mass mobilizations for racial justice that continue to build across the […]

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced plans on Wednesday to set up military courts for use in terrorism trials following the deadly school attack in Peshawar last week that saw 149 people, most of them children, killed by Taliban fighters. In a television address, Sharif vowed to crush militancy, saying the courts would be established […]

Revealing the country’s increasing resistance to austerity, nearly half of Spanish voters support the rising left-wing Podemos Party’s de facto leader Pablo Iglesias for Prime Minister, according to a poll published Friday by radio station Cadena Ser. If an election for Prime Minister were held right now, Iglesias would receive 44 percent of the votes, […]

As President Barack Obama and his aides attempt to sell the framework deal on Iran’s nuclear program to members of Congress, and negotiators prepare for talks aimed at securing a more comprehensive deal with Tehran by June 30, foreign policy experts and nuclear scientists continue to herald the agreement as a “vitally important step forward” […]

Conscious fashion fiber producer launches new traceable, transparent circular portfolio Eastman, the producer of sustainably sourced Naia™ cellulosic fiber, introduces its new Naiaä Renew portfolio, sourced from 60% wood pulp and 40% recycled waste plastics*. Naia™ Renew cellulosic fiber is traceable with certified biodegradability that captures the value of hard-to-recycle materials that would otherwise be […]

World-renowned linguist and scholar Noam Chomsky has criticized what he sees as Western hypocrisy following the recent terror attacks in Paris and the idea that there are two kinds of terrorism: “theirs versus ours.” In an op-ed published Monday at CNN.com, Chomsky notes how the deadly attacks on Charlie Hebdo and a supermarket last week […]

Canada introduced on Friday new anti-terrorism legislation critics say gives spy agencies sweeping powers that threaten the public’s civil liberties. The legislation is the Anti-terrorism Act 2015, which Ottawa Citizen reporter Ian MacLeod described as “the most dramatic package of new laws since the Anti-terrorism Act of 2001.” Among the provisions of the legislation are […]

Two of the justices behind last week’s pro-industry fracking decision in Ohio were the beneficiaries of that same industry’s largesse, in the form of sizable campaign contributions, a Columbus Dispatch computer analysis has shown. Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judith French authored the majority opinion in the 4-3 ruling that said state law trumped local ordinances intended […]

Chelsea Manning, the U.S. Army whistleblower who leaked thousands of internal military and State Department documents to help expose wrongdoing by the U.S. government, will receive the hormone treatment she has been fighting to receive since she was first sent to Ft. Leavenworth prison in 2013. Manning is serving a 35-year sentence for releasing, among […]

In an interview with the Real News Network, professor, author, and activist Vijay Prashad examines the rising power of Iran and the declining influence of the United States in war-torn Iraq. “The Iraqis are, as it were, standing up,” said Prashad. “I think an Iraqi could turn around now and say, this is our fight, […]