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Reagan waged a murderous assault on Central America.

American bread is processed in a way that may be making us sick.

The jury found that Ezekiel Gilbert was attempting to "retrieve stolen property" when he fatally shot Lenora Frago

Priorities are out of whack in Pennsylvania.

Imagine if this happened to you.

What happened to not spying on innocent civilians?

Another blockbuster: New revelations expose the NSA and FBI's vast online surveillance powers.

They don't want the jury getting emotional.

How's that for justice?

A female-led movement for justice follows the overturning of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt's genocide conviction.

Can humans control and contain genetically engineered crops? The answer appears to be no.

New data shows that by leaning on taxpayers, these chains are gaining an unfair financial advantage over more responsible businesses.

"Droney! I didn't see you there!"

Despite a protective order and the mother's pleas to stay, immigration officials deported a woman who was strangled to death days later.

This victory at San Onofre is a falling domino. Had the public not fought back, those reactors would have been “fixed” at public expense.

Annoyed that the Kochs may buy up your media? Here’s how your own organization can capture a spot on the airwaves.

People who seek justice and an end to militarism feel like they are laboring in relative obscurity, organizing seemingly unnoticed actions, but at some point a wave of mass resistance arises.

A new book by Daniel Bergner rejects age-old thinking about female sexuality.

Hundreds of teens are victimized repeatedly, according to study.

A British soldier jailed for speaking out.

The Obama administration's blanket surveillance affects everyone.

If the destruction isn't stopped in Alberta, we will be locked into a never-ending series of pipeline and refinery fights across the continent.

The Chinese are taking advantage of a gray zone in Silicon Valley between technology companies and the secret arms of the government and military.

Reagan waged a murderous assault on Central America.

It's easy to blame Big Pharma and the DSM for creating trendy mental illnesses, but the real problem is psychiatry's blindness to culture.

Hundreds of teens are victimized repeatedly, according to study.

Religious healthcare corporations are absorbing secular hospitals and in the process imposing their morality on women's bodies.

The terror double standard continues to be exploited by law enforcement authorities.

American hog farmers have managed to eliminate all wholesomeness, purity, ethics and animal welfare from the pork industry.

Studies have repeatedly shown that conservatives are more susceptible to spin and lies.

He says oral sex caused his illness -- but what's the whole story?

Top secret court order for data mining Verizon’s US customers reveals Obama is continuing Bush's domestic spying program.

Because cops sure need another law to abuse!

The rock-star and breast cancer survivor was moved by recent ACLU report to tell her story.

There's a lot of pressure on women to be sexual. Why not let women define their own sexuality?

World's largest study on households with two moms or two dads shows the children are thriving.

Yesterday nearly 200 people rallied in Newark, Delaware, in an effort to confront Sallie Mae executives and board members about their role in America’s student debt crisis.

Here's how grassroots advocates beat the biotech and food lobbies.

In an environment of confusion and despair, it helps to understand the forces at play, how they operate, and why they feel so overwhelming.

The cult of Apple is starting to disintegrate.

An unlikely coalition of liberals and conservatives is shifting the way we view – and treat – people who sell sex.

A work culture in which long hours signal value and status is bad for everyone.

The authors say the Left went from viewing cheap energy as a fundamental human right to a threat to the planet and harmful to the poor. (Followed by an exchange with AlterNet environment editor Tara Lohan and the authors).

Are young men just too hormonal for the battlefield?

Throwing innocent people in prison pays big bucks, so why not?

The military trial of Army whistleblower Bradley Manning at Fort Meade, Maryland, began Monday with the defense and prosecution presenting starkly contrasting accounts.

The plan to destroy one of Istanbul's last green spaces is part of a globally tested neoliberal plan to clear the way for economic enrichment at the top.

Immigrants actually raise the productivity of the economy, generating jobs en masse, including low-skill jobs for both American and immigrant workers.

The work of Alan Greenspan and other unethical economists has cost us trillions of dollars, millions of jobs and endless suffering.

For the first time in the history of the human species, we have clearly developed the capacity to destroy ourselves.

I was afraid, too. Then I cut the cord, saved a ton and can still watch whatever I want. Here's how to do it.

How did genetically modified wheat wind up in Oregon?

A federal lawsuit alleges that a Philadelphia police officer beat a woman, injured her toddler and arrested her and her friend in May 2011.

Stand Your Ground laws exonerate defendants who kill without hesitation from any criminal liability at all.

The Washington Post reports that conservative didn't oust Speaker John Boehner because they prayed and God told them to keep him.

Frans De Waal's new book, "The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates" hits some hot button issues.

Income inequality is now as high as it's been since the Great Depression, and the middle class is nearly extinct.

Miriam Zoll's new book, "Cracked Open: Liberty, Fertility and the Pursuit of High Tech Babies" explores a transition into womanhood and motherhood.

Despite the adage: "If you can remember the '60s, you weren't there," Paul Krassner pulls a number of creative moments out of his memory bank.

The unrest in Istanbul was sparked by a government plan to demolish a park in Taksim Square.

Monsanto’s stocks have fallen following its GMO wheat debacle and the global March Against Monsanto.

Lautenberg, who died on Monday, championed a long list of progressive causes and was one of the most effective lawmakers of his time.

The pharmaceutical industry has compromised the Western medical establishment and hooked America on drugs. One psychiatrist is fighting back.

Legal marijuana users still have a lot to lose.

Megan Graham says she endured vicious police brutality.

The new normal is for the wealthy to seize all of the income, move profits offshore and make everyone else pay the bills.

The trial of Bradley Manning has broad implications for the press and is the most striking example of the Obama administration's war on whistleblowers.

A new book on women's sexuality turns everything we think we know on its head.

The nation's highest court ruled today that the police have the power to take DNA samples from people arrested for a crime.

Sometimes poetic nostalgia for an idyllic “traditional family” past just masks a stubborn refusal to accept reality, says Role/Reboot's Editor-in-Chief Nicole Rodgers.

We need to reclaim our fruits and vegetables for the sake of our health.

Most families suffered decreasing wealth when the recession devastated the American economy, but African American and Latino families were hit the hardest.

New documents show Exxon knew of dangerous contamination from their Arkansas tar sands spill, yet claimed area was “oil free.”

The president will launch a campaign aimed at preventing interest rates on federal student loans from doubling at the start of July.

Last week at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC, 500 activists marched to the Department of Justice to “Bring Justice to Justice” - a three day protest to stand up for people facing home foreclosure.

Studies show that bike lanes make streets safer for everyone and are better for business.

Keeping up with the news can give you something the American Psychiatric Association ought to call "Informed Citizen Disorder."

The Right's ideological hatred of government originated in the founding era, when the South fought to justify and protect the institution of slavery.

An urgent fact has been left out of the discussion that Jolie importantly got started.

People love to bag on millennials. But you'd be surprised how little debauchery and entitlement is going on.

David Graeber’s account of Occupy Wall Street is essential—and somewhat maddening in its insistence on heightening the differences between anarchists and liberals.

Cuts to Head Start will hit Native American children hard.

An excerpt from Alfredo Gutierrez's new book reveals how today's politicians repeat the racist history of US immigration policy.

A program tha provides $700 million in tax breaks for companies that set up business or move to one of 40 zones within the state needs a serious rethink.

Drug addiction expert speaks on the mind-body connection and the medical and emotional potentials of psychedelics.

Crackdown on Florida high school science student is prime example of American idiocy.

New Gallup polls shows that economic conservatism is down, social liberalism is up.

The broad movement for peace and social, economic and environmental justice is here and you should be part of it.

Radical homemakers have become a touchstone of the growing “homesteading” movement, which takes today’s ethos of frugality, self-sufficiency, and domestic DIY to its ultimate extreme.

Is pain or discomfort putting the brakes on your love life? Here are some tips on how to get back in the saddle.

Gay advocates of immigration reform are being forced to abandon same-sex partner rights to pass bill.

How much of our public domain will turn into private fortunes?

Austerity isn't the solution. Could it be Keynesianism? Socialism? Something else?