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Rallying Cry: Citizens Worldwide to Unite in 'March Against Monsanto'

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Wed, 2013-05-22

<div class='node-body'><p><img alt="" border="0" class="image-full" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/monsanto_banner.jpg" style="width: 540px; height: 206px;" />Tens of thousands of activists are uniting in a global day of action to &quot;take back the food supply,&quot; in a worldwide March Against Monsanto Saturday.</p>

Third Time's Still a Toxic Mess: Another Derailment Spews Crude

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Wed, 2013-05-22

<div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/slide_298796_2482895_free.jpg" style="width: 540px; height: 359px;" title="Crews work to clean up five Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd tankers containing oils that derailed near Jansen, Sask. on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

No Safe Passage: Third Crude Oil Train Derails in Three Months

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Wed, 2013-05-22

<div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/slide_298796_2482895_free.jpg" style="width: 540px; height: 359px;" title="Crews work to clean up five Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd tankers containing oils that derailed near Jansen, Sask. on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

Obamas Under Fire for 'Personal Responsibility Finger-Wagging' at Black Audiences

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Wed, 2013-05-22

<div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 560px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/obama-finger-wagging.jpg" style="width: 560px; height: 258px;" title="President Barack Obama wags his finger as he lectures graduating students during the Morehouse College 129th Commencement ceremony on Sunday in Atlanta.

Obamas Under Fire for 'Personal Responsibility Finger-Wagging' To Black Audiences

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Wed, 2013-05-22

<div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 560px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/obama-finger-wagging.jpg" style="width: 560px; height: 258px;" title="President Barack Obama wags his finger as he speaks during the Morehouse College 129th Commencement ceremony on Sunday in Atlanta.

UN Warns of World Without Water

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Wed, 2013-05-22

<div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/un_worldwithoutwater_0.jpg" style="width: 540px; height: 405px;" title="(Photo: Tim J Keegan/cc/flickr)" /><span class="caption">(Photo: Tim J Keegan/cc/flickr)</span></span>The world is on track to run out of water, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has war

UN Warns of World Without Water

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Wed, 2013-05-22

<div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/un_worldwithoutwater_0.jpg" style="width: 540px; height: 405px;" title="(Photo: Tim J Keegan/cc/flickr)" /><span class="caption">(Photo: Tim J Keegan/cc/flickr)</span></span>The world is on track to run out of water, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has war

'Worse Than Nixon': Outrage Grows Over Obama Assault on Press

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Wed, 2013-05-22

<div class='node-body'><p>Saying the Obama administration &quot;has gone overboard in its zeal to find and muzzle insiders,&quot; the <em>New York Times</em> editorial board on Wednesday added its voice to the growing chorus of media outlets, journalists, and First Amendment advocates who say the White House is engaged in an assault on press freedom and investigative journalism itself.</p>

'Worse Than Nixon': Outrage Grows Over Obama Assault on Press

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Wed, 2013-05-22

<div class='node-body'><p>Saying the Obama administration &quot;has gone overboard in its zeal to find and muzzle insiders,&quot; the <em>New York Times</em> editorial board on Wednesday added its voice to the growing chorus of media outlets, journalists, and First Amendment advocates who say the White House is engaged in an assault on press freedom and investigative journalism itself.</p>

CIA Shadowy Rendition Program Illuminated by UK Researchers

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Wed, 2013-05-22

<div class='node-body'><p>A team of researchers <a href="http://www.therenditionproject.org.uk/global-rendition/index.html" target="_blank">are illuminating some of the shadowy details</a> behind the US government&#39;s vast kidnapping and rendition program from the post 9/11 era with a new interactive online project, which sheds &quot;unprecedented light on one of the most controversial secret op