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Walmart Workers Ask For Safe Work Environment, Walmart Calls Riot Police

'About 650 people protested a major Walmart distribution center Monday in Elwood, Illinois, the Chicago Tribute reports.

At Walmart contractor Roadlink, workers have been on strike…

The Silenced Majority: ...Amy Goodman At The DNC 2012 Jumah In Charlotte, N.C.

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                           Amy Goodman DNC 2012

        Bilal Mahmud with Amy Goodman Press…

CAIRO – Stimulating a sense of pride in Muslim women, an umbrella Muslim organization has organized workshops to

Growing up in the US, many young Muslim women want to hear of the examples of female Muslim…

As the corporate media beat the drums of war with Syria, led this time by CNN and the New York Times with support

By Ajamu Baraka…

London's High Court ruled the case, relating to the 1950s Mau Mau uprising, could proceed despite the time elapsed.

Three Kenyans who were tortured by British colonial authorities can proceed with their legal claims against the UK government, a court has ruled.

The ruling means the case will now go to a full trial. Lawyers for the three hailed it as a "historic" judgement.

The government accepts the colonial…

A Voice for the Voiceless

His voice had power. His booming delivery was infused with rousing socio-political rhetoric. With a rhythmic cadence, tone, and inflection, his voice kept a beat. It emboldened a generation of black youth, and frightened the white establishment. His voice organized black voters in rural southern towns. It later pushed drug dealers and prostitutes out of his Atlanta community. As he aged, the provocative…

ABUJA – The Saudi deportation of Nigerian female pilgrims for being unaccompanied by male guardians is sparking a

Nigerian scholars blame the misconduct of female pilgrims for the deportation from the Saudi…

The brutal and humiliating assaults include having Hijabs ripped off, being urinated on or having feces rubbed in their faces

Hate crimes against Muslims in the UK are on the rise which mainly target women, according to new figures from a human rights organization.

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Wall Street is being occupied. Europe is collapsing in on itself. Around the world, people are consumed by fear and

In this edition of the show Faiza Ahmed reviews the film; End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless, directed by Tim Delmastro.

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UNITED NATIONS — At the United Nations General Assembly, Egypt's new president made his debut Wednesday, while

Mohammed Morsi, President of Egypt, addresses the 67th…

One tragic consequence of the war in Syria is the flood of refugees escaping fighting. Turkey and Jordan have been

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September 28th, 2012   If you’re dependent on the

government to support your weekly sustenance, the money you receive is no longer

sufficient to maintain a healthy and nutritious diet – so says Phoenix Mayor

Greg Stanton:







Last week, Stanton, a Democrat, took part in a

community challenge to live on a food stamp budget – just $4.16…

TUSCALOOSA | A copy of the Quran dating from 1853, its spine missing, its pages browning and its front cover

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ ۥ لَحَـٰفِظُونَ (٩)

Surah Al-Hijr

CAIRO – Wearing a cream-colored hijab, a veiled anchorwoman has appeared on Egypt’s state television for the first

A veiled anchor appeared on Egypt’s state television on Sunday for the first time in its five-decade history…

Apartheid never died in South Africa. It inspired a world order upheld by force and illusion

19 September 2012

The murder of 34 miners by the South African police, most of them shot in the back, puts paid to the illusion of post-apartheid democracy and illuminates the new worldwide apartheid of which South Africa is both an historic and contemporary model.

In 1894, long before the infamous Afrikaans word foretold "separate…