A U.S. District court has struck down a Pennsylvania law that prevented persons convicted of violent crimes from public speech. The state law – which was struck down on constitutional grounds – was widely...
An Indonesian firing squad executed eight people just after midnight local time Wednesday as their families gathered within earshot of the killings. All eight were put to death for drug-related crimes. In an 11th...
The situation in Baltimore became a top national news story after a night of unrest and the declaration of a state of emergency. Just as the grievance at the heart of the unrest –...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a case that may decide the future of same-sex marriage across the country. Outside the court, observers and demonstrators packed the sidewalk and streets holding...
The death toll in Nepal continues to climb after a massive 7.8 Richter scale earthquake hit Nepal on Saturday, killing thousands and flattening buildings, including centuries-old World Heritage sites. The full scale of the...
European Union officials held an emergency summit Thursday to craft a plan of action after an estimated 800 people died in a single shipwreck while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya. The...
President Obama commemorated the 100th anniversary of the mass killing of more than 1.5 million Armenians without using the word “genocide” despite a pledge made during his 2008 presidential campaign. The White House’s choice...
The Senate Committee on Finance advanced legislation that would grant President Obama authority to fast track a massive trade deal called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. The issue’s split Democrats on the Hill and...
After using her nomination as a pawn on the political chessboard in Washington, the Senate finally voted today to confirm Loretta Lynch as the next U.S. Attorney General. FSRN’s Nell Abram has more. Download...
Next week the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding same-sex marriage. At The Williams Institute’s 14th Annual Update on sexual orientation and gender identity law and policy at UCLA, the only arguments were...
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