“Utah” Phillips died this week at the age of 73. He was a musician, labor organizer, peace activist and co-founder of his…
Note: Interview Starts 9min. 47 sec into show. AMY GOODMAN: Utah Phillips, the legendary folk musician, peace and labor activist, has died.…
As the U.S. presidential race continues, so does the arms race worldwide. People — civilians, children — are being killed and maimed,…
More than five years have passed since the invasion of Iraq, since President Bush stood under the “Mission Accomplished” banner on that…
Sami al-Haj is a free man today, after having been imprisoned by the U.S. military for more than six years. His crime:…
Food riots are erupting around the world. Protests have occurred in Egypt, Cameroon, the Philippines, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mauritania and Senegal.…
As the media coverage of the Democratic presidential race continues to focus on lapel pins and pastors, America is ailing. As I…
Sen. Barack Obama is clearly a bad bowler. The networks rolled the video clip of his gutter ball endlessly across our TV…
Imagine, a candidate for president who, a year or so ago, no one would have considered electable. Now the person is the…
We just passed the grim milestone of 4,000 U.S. military members killed in Iraq since the invasion five years ago. Still, the…
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