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Ríos Montt Guilty of Genocide: Are Guatemalan President Pérez Molina, U.S. Officials Next? Climate Tipping Point? Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Tops 400 ppm For First Time in Human History. HeadlinesMay 13, 2013 Ex-Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt Imprisoned After Genocide Conviction Atmospheric Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Hits 400ppm Milestone Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif Wins Pakistani Election … Continued
Did Police Negligence & Suspect Ariel Castro’s Unpunished Domestic Abuse Prolong Victims’ Captivity? Behind the Cleveland Kidnappings, A Culture of “Toxic Masculinity” & Gender-Based Violence; Chicago Workers Open New Cooperatively Owned Factory Five Years After Republic Windows Occupation; Prosecutors Seek 75-Year Sentence for U.S.-Backed Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt in Genocide Trial. HeadlinesMay 9, 2013 … Continued
Pentagon Study Finds 26,000 Military Sexual Assaults Last Year, Over 70 Sex Crimes Per Day; Eduardo Galeano, Chronicler of Latin America’s “Open Veins,” on His New Book “Children of the Days.” HeadlinesMay 8, 2013 Neighbors: Police Ignored Warnings About Ohio Home Where Captives Were Freed Ohio Kidnapping Victims Reunited with Family Members Pentagon: Military … Continued
Robert Fisk on Syria’s Civil War, Chemical Weapons “Theater” & Obama’s Backing of Israeli Strikes; Mississippi to Execute Willie Manning Tonight After Rejecting DNA Tests & FBI’s Admission of Error; “Over the Line”: U.S. Agents Shooting Dead Innocent Mexicans Across the Border With Impunity. HeadlinesMay 7, 2013 Report: 196 Died Each Day in Syria … Continued
Michael Pollan on How Reclaiming Cooking Can Save Our Food System, Make Us Healthy & Grow Democracy. HeadlinesMay 6, 2013 Syria Calls Apparent Israeli Strikes “An Act of War” Report: U.S., Allies Discussed Syria Strikes U.N. Investigator: Syrian Rebels Likely Using Nerve Gas Bangladesh Toll Hits 645; Murder Probe Begins 7 U.S. Troops Killed … Continued
Assata Shakur in Her Own Words: Rare Recording of Activist Named to FBI Most Wanted Terrorists List; Angela Davis and Assata Shakur’s Lawyer Denounce FBI’s Adding of Exiled Activist to Terrorist List; As Migrant Toll Mounts, Mexicans Urge Obama to Put Human Rights at Center of Immigration Reform. HeadlinesMay 3, 2013 Bangladesh Garment Building … Continued
As U.S. Moves to Arm Syrian Rebels, Questions Raised About Reports of Chemical Weapons Attack; Punishing Vieques: Puerto Rico Struggles With Contamination 10 Years After Activists Expel U.S. Navy; Rep. José Serrano: Critical Latino Vote Has Changed the Equation in Washington’s Immigration Debate. HeadlinesMay 2, 2013 May Day Rallies Nationwide Back Immigrant, Labor Rights … Continued
Obama Vows to Seek Guantánamo Closure, But Immediate Action Could Prevent Hunger Strikers’ Deaths; As Bangladesh Toll Hits 400, Calls Grow to Grant Workers the Same Protections as Labels They Make; Tennis Star Martina Navratilova, Among First “Out” Pro Athletes, Congratulates NBA’s Jason Collins. HeadlinesMay 1, 2013 Obama Renews Guantánamo Closure Vow, Defends Force-Feeding … Continued
Isabel Allende on “Maya’s Notebook,” Drug Addiction, 1973 Chilean Coup & Death of Poet Pablo Neruda; Kimberly Rivera, Pregnant Mom of 4, Sentenced to Military Prison for Refusing to Serve in Iraq. HeadlinesApril 30, 2013 Israeli Air Strike Kills Palestinian in Gaza Explosion Rocks Syrian Capital Damascus U.N. Seeks Firmer Evidence on Alleged Use … Continued
