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"A Slow Genocide of the People": Uranium Mining Leaves Toxic Nuclear Legacy on Indigenous Land The iconic Grand Canyon is the site of a battle over toxic uranium mining. Last year, a company called Energy Fuels Resources was given federal approval to reopen a mine six miles from the ... Read More →

Remembering British MP Tony Benn, a Lifelong Critic of War and Capitalism Tony Benn, the former British Cabinet minister, longtime Parliament member and antiwar activist, has died at the age of 88. He was the longest-serving member of Parliament in the ... Read More →

"Utah's Carbon Bomb": State Plots Massive Tar Sands & Oil Shale Projects Despite Climate Concerns While the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline and the Alberta tar sands has galvanized the environmental movement, far less attention has been paid to a related story here in the West. The ... Read More →

Caught in the Crossfire: U.S.-Mexico Border Militarization Threatens Way of Life for Native Tribe President Obama has deployed thousands of new U.S. Border Patrol agents to the southern border of Arizona, a state known for its controversial crackdown on immigrants. Caught in the middle ... Read More →

Ukraine Standoff Intensifies Ahead of Crimea Secession Vote

Obama Orders Review of Deportation Practices After Wave of Immigrant Protests

New Details Surface About Disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Plane

Carney Defends Withholding of Docs in CIA Torture Probe; Senate Confirms Top CIA Lawyer

Report: More Than 300 Died After Air Bag Failures in Recalled GM Cars

Ban Lifted on BP Contracts with U.S. Gov’t

Former Rebel Leader Declared Winner in El Salvador Presidential Race

Senate Lawmakers Reach Deal to Restore Unemployment Benefits

McDonald’s Workers Sue over Wage Theft in 3 States

 

Montana Abortion Provider Whose Clinic Was Destroyed by Vandal: "We’re Disappearing"

Michigan: Anti-Choice "Rape Insurance" Law Goes into Effect

Report: Local Police in California Using "StingRay" Spy Devices

Former British MP, Antiwar Activist Tony Benn Dies at 88