Hillary Clinton & Bernie Sanders Take Center Stage at First Democratic Debate of 2016 Race; O’Malley’s Baltimore Policing Record Criticized as Candidates Address Whether #BlackLivesMatter; Hillary Clinton & Martin O’Malley Spar over Immigration Reform; Has Bernie Sanders Been Tough Enough on Guns? Hillary Clinton Says No; Sanders Calls Iraq Worst Foreign Policy Blunder in U.S. … Continued


Legendary Patti Smith on Her New Memoir “M Train” & National Book Award Winner “Just Kids”; Patti Smith on Closing Guantanamo, Remembering Rachel Corrie and Feeling Frustrated with Obama; Patti Smith on 19th Century Poet William Blake and on Creating Political Art “Unapologetically”; “People Have the Power”: Patti Smith on Pope Francis and Her Performances … Continued


War Crime in Afghanistan?: Outrage After U.S. Airstrike on Hospital Kills 22 Patients & Staff; Mission Accomplished Redux: 1 Year After “End” to War in Afghanistan, Aid Workers Reveal Real Story; Naomi Klein & Avi Lewis: Climate Change Could Be Catalyst to Build a Fairer Economic System; Naomi Klein on The Leap Manifesto & What … Continued


“This Has Become Routine”: Obama Speaks Out After 10 Killed in Oregon in Year’s 294th Mass Shooting; After Latest Mass Shooting, a Look at the Oregon County Sheriff Who Vowed to Ignore Gun Control Laws; This Changes Everything: Naomi Klein & Avi Lewis Film Re-imagines Vast Challenge of Climate Change. Click Here to Donate to … Continued


Rashid Khalidi on Syria: The Beginning of This Mess was the 2003 U.S. Invasion of Iraq; As Palestinian Flag Is Raised at UN, Abbas Says PA Not Bound by Deals Israel “Continually Violated”; “The Questioning Was Clearly Sexist”: Rep. Brenda Lawrence on Republican Planned Parenthood Hearings; Dead Man Walking: Richard Glossip vs. The Death Penalty. … Continued