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“The Most Important Journalist You’ve Never Heard Of”: Remembering William Worthy (1921-2014). HeadlinesMay 19, 2014 Dozens Killed, Thousands Displaced in Record Balkans Flooding Renegade Forces Launch Attacks in 2 Libyan Cities West African Countries Declare “War” on Boko Haram Funerals Held for Slain Palestinian Nakba Demonstrators California Gov. Expects “Worst” Ever Drought Following Wildfires … Continued
India Elects Hard-Right Hindu Nationalist as New Indian Prime Minister Backed by Corporate Interests; “Pushy”: As NY Times Fires 1st Woman Exec. Editor, Decades-Long Bid for Newsroom Equality Continues; A Matter of Life and Death: Veterans Affairs Head Grilled Over Delays in Care For Returning Soldiers. HeadlinesMay 16, 2014 FCC Advances New Internet Rules … Continued
Debate: As FCC Votes on Internet’s Future, What’s the Best Way to Protect Net Neutrality? “We Have to Stop This Inequality”: Fast-Food Worker Strike Spreads to Dozens of Cities; Walmart & Contractor Settle $21M Wage Theft Suit, Days After Obama Praises Penny-Pinching Retailer. HeadlinesMay 15, 2014 Nigeria Rules Out Boko Haram Prisoner Swap U.S. … Continued
“Right Out of a Spy Movie”: Glenn Greenwald on First Secret Meeting with NSA Leaker Edward Snowden;Glenn Greenwald: U.S. Corporate Media is “Neutered, Impotent and Obsolete.” HeadlinesMay 14, 2014 Nigeria Opens Door to Talks with Boko Haram on Kidnapped Girls Over 200 Killed in Turkish Mining Blast U.N. Envoy for Syria Resigns After 2 … Continued
“Collect It All”: Glenn Greenwald on NSA Bugging Tech Hardware, Economic Espionage & Spying on U.N.; “The Stuff I Saw Really Began to Disturb Me”: How the U.S. Drone War Pushed Snowden to Leak NSA Docs. HeadlinesMay 13, 2014 U.S. Flies Surveillance Planes over Nigeria to Search for Missing Girls Nigeria Rejects Prisoner Swap … Continued
After Chaotic Autonomy Votes, Negotiations Could Be Sole Path to Prevent Ukraine’s Disintegration; Did CIA’s Fake Polio Vaccination Program in Pakistan Help Fuel a Global Health Emergency?With First Images Since Kidnapping, Boko Haram Offers to Swap Nigerian Schoolgirls for Prisoners. HeadlinesMay 12, 2014 Boko Haram Offers Prisoner Swap for Kidnapped Girls Nigerian President: Girls … Continued
Marijuana Refugees: Virginia Family Moves to Colorado to Treat Epileptic Child with Cannabis Oil; As Marijuana Refugees Flock to Colorado, Will Medical Community Force Rewriting of U.S. Drug Laws? HeadlinesMay 9, 2014 U.N., Amnesty Find Mass Atrocities in South Sudan U.S. Officials Arrive in Nigeria to Aid Search for Kidnapped Girls Witnesses: Ethiopian Forces … Continued
As UN Torture Committee Probes Vatican, Sex-Abuse Survivors Urge Church to End Decades-Long Cover-up; Protestant Church Faces New Sex-Abuse Scandal as Victims Defy Threats, Censorship to Speak Out; After Abuse Under State Supervision, Transgender Connecticut Teen Held in Solitary Without Charge. HeadlinesMay 8, 2014 Over 300 Killed in New Massacre by Boko Haram “Bring … Continued
Foretelling Devastating Impact, Will White House Climate Report Spark Action on Global Warming? Stanford Divests: Student-Led Movement Forces Elite School to Pull Its Money From Coal Companies; Will Dark Money Reshape North Carolina Political Landscape From Senate Race to State Supreme Court? HeadlinesMay 7, 2014 White House Report Says Climate Change Having Immediate U.S. … Continued
Bring Back Our Girls: Nigerians Caught Between Deadly Boko Horam Attacks & Military Reprisals; Occupy Wall Street on Trial: Cecily McMillan Convicted of Assaulting Cop, Faces Up to Seven Years; Danny Glover & Kathleen Cleaver on “Black Power Mixtape,” Rare Footage Capturing Movement’s Rise. HeadlinesMay 6, 2014 Dozens Killed in Slovyansk as Ukraine Continues … Continued
