Monthly Archive: July 2015
Turkey intensifies airstrikes against Kurdish militants; also targets IS Climate activists in Portland attempt to block Shell-leased ship on its way to the Arctic Medicare and Medicaid turn 50; advocates rally for single-payer for...
Investigators in Colombia’s second largest city began work this week to exhume human remains from what is considered to be the world’s largest mass grave in an urban area. Lewis Reining reads for Jorge...
All photos by Jorge Luis Rocha. Read/hear his accompanying radio report. Click on any thumbnail image to launch slideshow.
Medicare and Medicaid turned 50 on Thursday, and some advocates marked the anniversary by calling for expanding the publicly-funded federal health care program nationwide. Under the Affordable Care Act, 31 states plus the District...
An Ohio police officer turned himself in Wednesday and is charged with murder in the recent shooting death of an unarmed African American man during a routine traffic stop. From the very beginning, Samuel...
Around 150 ‘kayaktivists’ gathered Tuesday night in Portland, Oregon to try to block a ship leased by the Shell Oil company from exiting the harbor. The ship, the MSV Fennica, was in Portland for...
Turkish warplanes intensified strikes against Kurdish rebels in the mountains of northern Iraq Wednesday. The uptick comes just days after officially joining the fight against the so-called Islamic State and allowing the U.S. to...
New York City’s street vendors say they have the momentum to do right now what they’ve been trying to do for over a decade: that is, decriminalize the profession. First, they want the city...
A federal judge has ruled against the Obama administration’s policy of holding asylum-seeking women and children in immigration detention for months at a time. It’s the second federal court ruling against prolonged family immigration...
The Movement For Black Lives convergence draws civil rights activists from around the country to Cleveland Texas releases preliminary autopsy results second dashcam video in Sandra Bland case U.S. and Cuba reopen embassies for...