Published by Truthdig.com on September 17, 2015

On Thursday, 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed discussed his ordeal in a televised interview. (Al-Jazeera)

Fourteen-year-old Ahmed Mohamed became an overnight sensation Monday when he was arrested at his high school in Irving, Texas, for making a clock that his teacher and several police officers thought was a “hoax bomb.”

The boy, whose father is from Sudan, took his homemade …

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Published by Telesurtv.net on September 13, 2015

After 2 years of hunger strikes and a drawn-out court case, a settlement was reached ending indefinite prisoner isolation in California.

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Published by Truthdig.com on September 10, 2015

A paramilitary police officer carries the lifeless body of Alan Kurdi, 3, after a number of refugees died when boats carrying them to the Greek island of Kos capsized near the Turkish resort of Bodrum. (DHA / AP)

The photo of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi’s serene little body lying face down on a Turkish beach haunts me. When it first began making the …

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Published by Truthdig.com on September 03, 2015

A marker in the shape of a dove is embedded in the sidewalk near the spot where Michael Brown was shot and killed by police Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo.  (Jeff Roberson / AP)

A manhunt is underway for suspects in the shooting death of a police officer in Chicago. Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz was found shot after chasing three …

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Published by Truthdig.com on August 26, 2015

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A lengthy exposé by The New York Times about Amazon’s work environment recently revealed the depths to which American workplace culture has plummeted, particularly for white-collar workers. Journalists Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld interviewed more than 100 current and former Amazon employees and concluded, “The company is conducting an experiment in how …

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Published by Truthdig.com on August 19, 2015

People gather at houses destroyed by Saudi airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, in July. (Hani Mohammed / AP)

Yemen has been the target of a brutal U.S.-backed war led by Saudi Arabia. While ordinary civilians are suffering horrific violence and starvation, there is deafening silence from the U.S. and others who claim to be defenders of human rights.

The situation is so bad now …

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Published by Truthdig.com on August 12, 2015

Mara Jacqueline Willaford raises her fist as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders stands nearby at a rally Saturday in downtown Seattle. Willaford and another co-founder of the Seattle chapter of Black Lives Matter took over the microphone just after Sanders began to speak and refused to relinquish it. Sanders eventually left the stage without speaking further and instead waded into …

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Published by Telesurtv.net on August 12, 2015

The Republican Party wants to distance itself from its most popular presidential candidate. But Trump’s loathsome rhetoric is wholly consistent with its policies.

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Published by Truthdig.com on August 05, 2015

Geneva Reed-Veal has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against Texas state Trooper Brian Encinia for the arrest of her daughter, Sandra Bland, in Harris County. Bland was found dead in her jail cell three days after her July 10th arrest. Bland’s grieving mother is beginning to make good on her vow to “find out what happened …

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Published by Truthdig.com on July 29, 2015

The 2013 death of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, confirmed this week, should have marked the end of the U.S. war in Afghanistan. But the fates of the two main leaders identified as responsible for the 9/11 attacks—Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar—are only milestones. Thanks to the destructive nature of the U.S. war, many newer and more formidable enemies …

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