The UN Security Council will meet Wednesday to discuss Libya as Egypt announces it sees no other option than launching an international intervention to target…

Food sovereignty activists are shining a light on a closed-door meeting between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United States Agency for…

Confirmation hearings for President Trump’s Cabinet nominees are vaulting some Democratic senators into the spotlight. Lawmakers used their time on the dais to tangle with…

The World Health Organization, which is tasked by the United Nations with directing international responses to epidemics, has been widely criticized for its slow response…

Between 29 and 45 people were reported killed by an apparent air attack at the al Mazraq camp – some were said to have been…

Private prison companies are spending millions of dollars to lobby the U.S. government for harsher immigration laws that, in turn, spike corporate profits by driving…

Last week, Chicago approved a landmark reparations package for survivors of police torture under police commander Jon Burge, making it the first city in the…

Nearly two years after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden first revealed the U.S. government was secretly operating mass surveillance programs against the American public, including bulk…

Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) released a video Tuesday praising Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) as the “right person” to lead the Democratic National…

The world’s plant-eating giants—including hippopotamuses, elephants, rhinoceros, and gorillas—are being rapidly wiped from the Earth, warns a new scientific study, and if habitat loss and…