Shackled Siegelman Typifies White House 'Human Rights' Charade
 By Andrew Kreig 1   

10 Good Things About the Year 2014
 By Medea Benjamin   


Emails and Racist Chats Show How Cops and GOP Are Teaming Up to Undermine de Blasio


Drone Protester Will Kick off New Year with Prison Sentence


Florida congressman barred from seeing classified sections of 9/11 inquiry - report
By RT TV  1 


NYPD Work Slowdown Results in Massive Drop in Arrests


The law will protect any member of Congress who releases the full torture report. Someone needs to step up
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Bernie Sanders: Fight for Our Progressive Vision

To Successfully Deal with the Challenge of the Islamic State, the U.S. Must Accept that the Neo-Colonial Era Is Over.
By Kathy Kelly  

'You're Either a Cop or Little People': The American Police State in 2014


Colossal Comet Proclaims the Birth of Champagne
By Vicki Leon  


John Boehner Backs Steve Scalise Amid Controversy Over White Supremacist Meeting


The Saker's Take on 2014-2014


A British MD Describes How Wireless Tech Affects Children
By Katie Singer  


AirAsia confirms debris from doomed plane; CEO says "words cannot express" sorrow


New York Needs to go to 100% Clean Energy by 2030
By Mark Dunlea  1 


The toxic legacy of Milton Friedman
By Brian Cooney  3 


Irreversible Decline?
By Mike Whitney  


Woman "Carrier" Killed by Toddler Son at Walmart
By Martha Rosenberg  3 

Prosecutor Who Attempted to Have Cop Who Killed Eric Garner Indicted Considering Run to Replace Corrupt Michael Grimm

A Koch Hack Tells the Pope to 'Back Off' on Climate Change

Who Will Tell the Stories of Missing Girls & Captured Women?
By Elayne Clift  1 


Advice to Pregnant Women from the Chair of Yale Medical School's Ob/Gyn Department
By Katie Singer  


5 Keys to a Passionate Life
By Gregg Levoy  


Smart Phones Will be Enabled to Detect GMOs, Toxins in Foods


The world is not falling apart: The trend lines reveal an increasingly peaceful period in history.
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Goosebumps: A Scary Sony Story
By Jim Kavanagh  


A Google Gentrification Fight That Doesn't Involve San Francisco
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"The Interview": Dumb and Dumber Dis Langley
By Mike Rivage-Seul  1 


Barely Legal: Now 18 years old, the Fox News Channel Trots On
By Anthony Barnes  1 

Astronomy Picture of the Day
(from http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html)