Iraq and Afghanistan veterans return medals at NATO protest
U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars threw their medals towards the site of the NATO Summit May 20 in what was called the most dramatic antiwar action by...
Three cheers for Mariela Castro’s visit to the U.S.
Mariela Castro, staunch advocate and supporter of LGBT causes, daughter of Raul Castro and neice to Fidel Castro, is coming to the United States.
Florida’s progressive forces unite against insurance company
Progressive forces from around Florida converged here May 17 to protest Coventry Health Care's use of its mega-profits to oppose the Affordable Care Act.
Tom Morello, Nurses Union gather in Chicago
The event and its guitar-shredding conclusion saw nurses and workers of all ages and ethnicities, and from all walks of life, joining together and cheering Morello's encouraging words.
NATO week: Foreclosure protesters dump furniture at Citibank
Carrying furniture from a foreclosed home through the streets, protesters marched on Citibank and the Cook County Sheriff.
Chicago residents link NATO to neighborhood disasters
The city's huge Latino community linked what the military alliance is doing worldwide to the violence and foreclosures they face in their neighborhood.
Report from space: Earth in trouble
According to a message beamed from space, the demands humanity places on the Earth exceed its capabilities.
People aren’t buying what NATO is selling
Right off the bat, the war in Afghanistan and U.S. military spending are two of the biggest items people are rejecting.
NATO-week protesters demand end to deportations
CHICAGO - In the lead up to anti-NATO protests, immigrant rights activists marched on the Immigration Court here May 15 to demand a halt to detentions and deportations of undocumented...
EPA appeals coal mining ruling
A federal judge ruled in March that the Environmental Protection Agency illegally vetoed a large West Virginia coal-mining project.
