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Today is day 84 of a runaway natural gas leak above L.A. that has emitted more than 150 million pounds of methane. Nearly 3,000 families in the community of Porter Ranch have been relocated into temporary housing, and the leak has raised concerns about...
The United States and Iran have conducted a prisoner exchange just as the historic nuclear deal took effect this weekend. "Democracy Now!" is joined by Shane Bauer, a journalist who spent 26 months in Tehran's Evin Prison, to discuss the exchange
As extreme cold temperatures blast the eastern third of the United States, the fossil fuel industry has seen a series of disasters in less than a week.
Today is National Adjunct Walkout Day. Adjunct professors on campuses across the country hope to draw attention to what many say are poverty-level wages, with no chance to advance to a tenured track position.
The U.S. Justice Department has concluded that the police and city courts in Ferguson, Mo. routinely engaged in a pattern and practice of discrimination against African Americans.
The U.S. Supreme Court has heard arguments in a new challenge to the Affordable Care Act, or "Obamacare." The Competitive Enterprise Institute, backed by the billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch, sued the government over an aspect of the law dea...
Many corporations, including McDonald's, Monsanto, and Peabody Energy, have cited the principle of corporate constitutional rights in recent efforts to fight back against new laws.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a surprise victory, putting him on course for a fourth term in office.
A new Intercept exposé tells the story of Sami Osmakac, a mentally disturbed, financially unstable young man who was targeted by an elaborately orchestrated FBI sting in early 2012.
The Obama administration is facing criticism across Latin America for leveling new sanctions against Venezuela and declaring the country an "unusual and extraordinary threat to national security."
After touting its "successful" counterterrorism model in Yemen, the United States has evacuated its remaining personnel, including 100 special operations forces from a military base seen as key in the drone war against al-Qaeda.
