3 Journalists Freed By Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have released three journalists who were among more than 100 people arrested during pro-government and opposi...
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have released three journalists who were among more than 100 people arrested during pro-government and opposi...
New York Times | ANDREW C. REVKIN | Posted 10.25.2009 | Green
Campaigners against global warming have drawn on an arsenal of visually startling tactics over the years, from posing nude on a Swiss glacier to scali...
Jason Salzman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver
It might have been smarter for the media-crazed Heene to have simply threatened to send a puppy up in his balloon, and you can bet he'd have gotten a lot of media attention.
The Guardian | Ian Cobain | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
A British mining corporation is facing a multimillion-pound claim for damages after protesters were detained and allegedly tortured at an opencast cop...
AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — New York City police say 14 demonstrators were arrested on criminal trespass charges during a sit-in inside a midtown Manhattan build...
Bob Cesca | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics
The president likes to say, "If you like the health insurance you have now..." The problem is that much like your utter lack of financial security, the health insurance you have now... sucks.
Jeanine Molloff | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
"Am I calling for an armed insurrection? Hardly, and only because I don't think it's possible or probable that an armed revolution would be successful..." said Sheehan.
AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 09.29.2009 | World
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The coup-installed president of Honduras backed down Monday from an escalating standoff with protesters and suggested he...
Michelle Pilecki | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
There's more inanity going on in Pittsburgh on the Post-Gazette's site, or any "news" outlet that likes to showcase violence than there is on the ground.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media
In response to Fox's childish and embarrassing ad in the Washington Post that challenged competitors' coverage of the 9/12 teabaggers, CNN is airing this equally chilidish and embarrassing ad.
Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics
President Obama, in an interview with the Toledo Blade, cautions would-be protesters of the upcoming G20 Summit that while such protests are "are a si...
Michelle Pilecki | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
The anarchists in my neighborhood -- just about four straight, uphill miles from the site of the G-20 summit meeting -- have set up shop. And they have made many of us nervous.
Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 09.18.2009 | World
Today a long time tradition of the Islamic Republic of Iran was transformed into nationwide mass protests against the government.
Bill Maher | Posted 09.12.2009 | Comedy
Here's the thing: Muhammad Ali also had a way with words, but it helped enormously that he could also punch guys in the face.
Salam Al Marayati | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
To divert planes and stop people from entering the United States because they disagree with our government policies undermines the principles underpinning our open society.
Ellen Snortland | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living
The Norwegian health care system is so pro-active and prevention oriented that it would strain credibility for any American politician to even think about implementing it here.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green
Now is the time for all good greens, rednecks, social entrepreneurs, hellraisers, Repower America and Al Gore to come to the aid of their fellow citizens in the Appalachian coalfields.
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 09.26.2009 | Home
My cousin in Iran called my uncle often in the early days of mass protests and police crackdowns. Those moments full of hushed tones and furrowed brows would snap us back to the reality of the situation.
Terrance Heath | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
What we're seeing from the health care town halls and what we've seen from the "birthers" is essentially what I call the Tyranny of the Tantrum, which many parents encounter during the "terrible twos."
Michael Shaw | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
Regardless of which side of the religious and socio-political spectrum a child's parent or guardian is on, that child is innocent. Children are not billboards for hatred, malice and lies.
Kase Wickman | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics
Dissent is essential to democracy, and freedom of speech and the right to assemble are vital and not reserved for one party or the other. The problem is this Republicans: you're doing it wrong.
Carol Smaldino | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics
We have witnessed a spate of violent bullying and psychological assault, moods of hostility and derision which have stooped to levels that defy any clear intention to act for the greater good.
Art Levine | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics
With Obama scheduled to promote health insurance reform at a town hall meeting, both the network of lobbyist-fueled "tea-party" activists and progressives are ramping up their organizing.
John W. Whitehead | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical....It is a medicine ...
AP | Posted 11.07.2009 | World