Former Black Panther and imprisoned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal remains hospitalized Tuesday evening, though his condition is now stable. Three members of his family have been allowed to see him – but only after standing...
Results are in for the presidential elections held over the weekend in Nigeria. For the first time in the country’s modern history, an opposition candidate defeated a sitting president via democratic elections. FSRN’s Shannon...
In Australia, a growing protest movement led by indigenous activists and elders is demanding that the conservative government rethink its plans to cut services to more than half of the remote indigenous communities in...
Saudi Arabia and Iran wage proxy war in Yemen Pushing back for privacy via legislation and the courts U.S. Supreme Court considers limits on toxic power plant emissions Thousands of farmworkers strike against work...
The situation in the Arabian peninsular country of Yemen deteriorated rapidly over the course of the week. Yemeni president Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi fled the country on Wednesday to the Saudi capital – Riyadh....
The USA PATRIOT Act expires in June and Congress will once again face a debate on privacy and bulk surveillance. Two members of Congress have reintroduced a bill to rein in the surveillance programs...
The U.S. Supreme Court handed ruled Wednesday that pregnant workers qualify for workplace protections, reviving a claim by a UPS worker that she was discriminated against when she was not afforded light-duty on the...
Thousands of farmworkers are on strike in the Mexican agricultural hub of San Quintin. The protests erupted last week with farmworkers blocking a key highway of the Baja California peninsula to call for better...
Members of an indigenous community located in the path of a major development project in Chiapas, Mexico say hundreds of police and armed civilians attacked and burned down communal buildings at the heart of...
As many as 17 thousand textile workers in Swaziland face losing their jobs following the country’s removal from a U.S. free trade agreement at the start of the year. Factories that produce clothing for...
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