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Headlines for May 28, 2013; Chicago to Shutter 50 Public Schools: Is Historic Mass Closure an Experiment in Privatization?; Obama Taps Billionaire Fundraiser Penny Pritzker for Commerce Despite Anti-Labor, Subprime Legacy; Poet, Author Alice Walker Meets the Inner Journey with Global Activism in "The Cushion in the Road"

Memorial Day Special: U.S. Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Return War Medals at NATO Summit; Mother of Iraq Veteran Who Committed Suicide: "Honor the Dead, Heal the Wounded, Stop the Wars"; Scott Olsen, U.S. Vet Who Nearly Lost Life at Occupy Protest, Brings Antiwar Message to NATO Summit; U.S. Army Vets Join with Afghans for Peace to Lead Antiwar March at Chicago NATO Summit; "Hero of War" - Rise Against Song Captures Iraq War Veteran's Tragic Experience

Headlines for May 24, 2013; Medea Benjamin v. President Obama: CodePink Founder Disrupts Speech, Criticizing Drone, Gitmo Policy; "That Woman Is Worth Paying Attention To": Medea Benjamin Explains Why She Disrupted Obama's Speech; As Guantánamo Hunger Strike Enters 107th Day, Diane Wilson begins 25th Day of Solidarity Fast; The Story of Jude Mohammad: Why Was a U.S. Citizen Secretly Killed by U.S. Drone in Pakistan?

Video: Jeremy Scahill & Noam Chomsky on Secret U.S. Dirty Wars From Yemen to Pakistan to Laos

Headlines for May 23, 2013; Killing Americans: Jeremy Scahill on Obama Admin's Admission 4 U.S. Citizens Died in Drone Strikes; Ríos Montt Genocide Verdict Annulled, But Activists Ensure US-Backed Crimes Will Never Be Forgotten; Mexican Priest Alejandro Solalinde on Central, South American Migrants' Perilous Journey to U.S.

Dissent or Terror: Counterterrorism Apparatus Used to Monitor Occupy Movement Nationwide

Headlines for May 22, 2013; After 3 Trials, Memphis Prisoner Timothy McKinney Wins Freedom by Pleading Guilty to Crime He Denies; Other than Honorable: Army Strips Benefits of Wounded Veterans by Kicking Them Out for Misconduct; Editor of The Progressive Calls for Eric Holder to Resign over Spying on Press, Occupy Protesters

Headlines for May 21, 2013; "The Unimaginable Has Happened": Massive Tornado Kills Dozens, Flattens Suburb of Oklahoma City; Why Austerity Kills: From Greece to U.S., Crippling Economic Policies Causing Global Health Crisis

Headlines for May 20, 2013; Coalition of Immokalee Workers Targets Wendy's in Fair Food Campaign to Improve Wages, Conditions; Geoengineering: Can We Save the Planet by Messing with Nature?; Seattle Teachers, Students Win Historic Victory Over Standardized Testing

Headlines for May 17, 2013; "Astoundingly Disturbing": Obama Administration Claims Power to Wage Endless War Across the Globe; Obama Worse Than Nixon? Pentagon Papers Attorney Decries AP Phone Probe, Julian Assange Persecution; Released from Prison, Climate Activist Tim DeChristopher on Civil Disobedience & Building Movements

VIDEO: From Boston to Pakistan, Pentagon Officials Claim Entire World is a Battlefield

Headlines for May 16, 2013; "The Other IRS Scandal": David Cay Johnston on Dark Money Political Groups Seeking Tax Exemption; AP Monitoring Raises Fears of Government Overreach: How Far Will Obama Go to Crack Down on Leaks?; Debate: What Caused Cooper Union's Fiscal Woes and Is Ending Free Tuition the Answer?

Headlines for May 15, 2013; Chris Hedges: Monitoring of AP Phones a "Terrifying" Step in State Assault on Press Freedom; Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Hails Genocide Conviction of Ex-Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt; Allan Nairn: After Ríos Montt Verdict, Time for U.S. to Account for Its Role in Guatemalan Genocide

Headlines for May 14, 2013; Jailed Civil Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Seeks Compassionate Release over Worsening Cancer; Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark Decries Government's "Big Brother" Seizure of AP Phone Records; Dr. Paul Farmer on Rwanda's Health Leap, Haiti's Struggles & How Communities Can Repair the World

Headlines for May 13, 2013; Ríos Montt Guilty of Genocide: Are Guatemalan President Pérez Molina, U.S. Officials Next?; Climate Tipping Point? Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Tops 400 ppm for First Time in Human History