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This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century.
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.
Fifteen former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges system have launched what they say is the nation's first student debt strike.
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...
Tens of thousands of people, including President Obama and more than 100 members of Congress, traveled to Selma, Ala. this weekend for the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
Two police officers were shot during a protest outside the Ferguson police headquarters early this morning. Both of the wounded officers have serious injuries.
The White House is re-evaluating its policy toward Israel following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rejection of a two-state solution.
"Democracy Now!" looks back at the 1968 My Lai massacre, when American troops killed hundreds of civilians, 50 years after the U.S. ground invasion of Vietnam began.
Imprisoned journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal has been taken to the intensive care unit of Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville, Pa., after he was removed from prison for a medical emergency without any notification to his family, f...
As California's record drought continues, Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered residents and non-agricultural businesses to cut water use by 25 percent in the first mandatory statewide reduction in the California's history.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a surprise victory, putting him on course for a fourth term in office.
