Text of the US – Afghanistan Agreement

Text of Obama’s Speech in Afghanistan

Petition: Tell the Whole Truth About CIA Drone Strikes

Petition: Tell the Senate to Release the Real Book on US Torture

Petition: Dear USDA, Don’t Use Monsanto-Funded Research

Petition: Dear FDA, Please Strengthen Regulations on Misuse of Antibiotics in Farm Animals

Stand for Human Rights for Indigenous Peoples: Renounce the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’

Potential Problems with the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement

Surveillance State Democracy

Meet the FBI’s Bridge Bomb Plot Snitch

Imperialism Didn’t End. These Days It’s Known as International Law

Brian Williams NBC’s Top Hagiographer

The Global Fight to End Capital Punishment

Egyptian Military Rulers Face Growing Unrest as 11 Killed in Pre-Election Protests

5 Tax Fallacies Invented by the 1%

Bahrain Arrests Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab

Fracking: A Dehydrated UK, Watered Only by Capitalism

Teargas: Or, State as Atmo-Terrorist

United States v. Jones: GPS Monitoring, Property, and Privacy

US VP Joe Biden Comfortable With Same-Sex Marriage

9/11 Suspects Refuse to Answer Judge’s Questions as Guantanamo Trial Opens

Military-Style Drones Reported on 63 Bases in US

PBS Frontline: Money, Power, and Wall Street

Wall Street’s Oil Scam

A Poet’s Pain Launches a Peace Movement in Mexico

April 2012 Drone Summit Statement

Obama’s Drone Policy Misreading International Law

NYPD Surveillance Revisited

Bahrain Arrests Main Rights Activist, Nabeel Rajab

Terrorist Plots, Hatched by the FBI

Solidarity and Realpolitik – My Response to Jeff Halper

CISPA: Keyboard Cops

Japan: Tornado Hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

Police in Moscow Arrest Top Opposition Figures

The American Way of War

Chen Guancheng Case Puts Pressure on Chinese Activists

Human Rights First: Al-Khawaja Should Be Released, Not Force-Fed

Wal-Mart: The Stench of Bentonville Stretches to Mexico – and Back

Sikh Group Launches Phone App to Report Unfair Airport Screenings

Dept. of Defense, Dept. Homeland Security Officials Keep Pressure on Congress for New Cyber Laws

Iran-UN Nuclear Talks Set for May 13-14 in Vienna

Will Israeli Dissent Halt the March Towards War?

The US Military…a Crusader Force?

How Obama Recycled the Lie About Iran

Anti-Choice Zealots Convene in Fargo, Hoping to Close State’s Only Abortion Clinic

Palestinian Hunger-Strikers Denied Access to Independent Doctors

Palestinian Hunger-Strikers in Prison Clinic

Last Call to an America in Decline

US Prosecutors Ready for ‘Long Haul’ in 9/11 Trial

Report on College Protest Crackdown Urges Changes for Police

Faulty System Leaves Millions Hungry in India

Hollande Wins French Presidency

Occupy Supporters in New York, Wisconsin, Sue Over Free Speech

Bahrain: The Stories That Aren’t Getting Covered

Life Under Constant Watch

Peru: Undermining Justice

Wireless Carriers Who Aid Police Surveillance are Asked for Details by House Democrat

The Man with Messianic Tendencies

Interview with Naomi Wolf on Occupy’s May Day Lift and the Threat of Surveillance

Republic of Fear

Watergate’s Final Mystery

Islamophobia: Europe’s New Political Disease

US Border Patrol Increases Use of Unmanned Drones for Surveillance

Ways YOU Can Support GMO Labeling Campaigns

Analysis: Greece, France Reject German-Led Austerity

The Heartland Institute Self-Destructs

TransCanada Applies for Another KeystoneXL Permit

One Year After bin Laden’s Death – Bring the Troops Home NOW

Deadly Floods Hit Western Nepal

Due to some technical difficulties, I am several days behind on updates. I will be doing my best this weekend to catch up. Thanks for your patience :]

Petition: Stand With the ACLU in Support of Voting Rights

Violence, USA: The Warfare State and the Brutalizing of Everyday Life

Questions Remain 42 Years After Kent State Shooting

More Federal Judge Abdication

The ‘Why?’ of Terrorism

The Fraud of ‘Humanitarian’ Wars

Chris Hedges on the World Health Organization: Welcome to the Asylum

Fascist America: Have We Finally Turned the Corner?

Dozens Killed in Attack on Nigeria Market

Environmental Advocated Report on the Dangers of Fracking

US Proposes New Rules for Fracking on Federal Lands

Missiles on Rooftops at London Olympics?

Japan Nuclear Power-Free as Last Reactor Shuts

Entrapment, Snatch Squads, and Probation Holds

University of California Takes Aim at Human Rights Activists

Illegal Settlements Bonanza – Israel Plots an Endgame

Video: Inside an Indian Hospital

A Tale of 2 Rules: Washington Bureaucracy and the Politics of Workplace Safety

Amnesty Int’l Urgent Alert Issued for Palestinian Hunger-Strikers Near Death

Human Rights Watch: US Must Press Philippines Military to Stop Abuses

The NYPD May Day Siege

HRW to Kenya: Investigate Security Force Abuses Against Ethnic Somalis

HRW to Iran: Free Students Jailed for Speaking Out

Journalists Face Increasing Harassment in Sudan

Missed the Neo-Cons? Don’t Worry, the Bushies are Back

Drones and the Dream of Remote Control in the Border Lands

Sudan: Crisis Conditions in Southern Kordofan

Egypt’s Unlikely Front-Runner

French Election Campaigning Closes

Amnesty Int’l Urges Russia to Reconsider Anti-Gay Laws

Beyond Fossilized Paradigms: Futureconomics of Food

Republican Fear Factor

Sowing the Seeds of Hate in Pakistan

In Thailand, Killings of Lesbians Go Unpunished

Americans Favor Limited US Role in Afghanistan

On World Press Freedom Day, Attacks Around the Globe

Kuwait: Security Forcibly Disperse Stateless Protestors

Behind Our Stalled Recovery

The Haymarket Affair and the Origins of May Day

The Invisibility of Domestic Workers

Book Review: Today’s Gulags

Occupy Wall Street Panel: Has May Day Made a Difference?

A Closer Look at the Secret Service

Opening the Other Eye: Another Look at Charley Taylor

Drones: The Nightmare Scenario

UN Threatens Sanctions Over Sudan Dispute

Chen Guangcheng’s US-Brokered Deal Unravels Within Hours of His Embassy Departure

The Radical Transformation of Palestine’s Environment

Israel Closes File on Gaza Family Killing

‘We’ve Gone Way Beyond Apartheid’ – Will Israel Annex Area C?

Israel and the Walls That Surround It

Dutch Protest Enforcement of Cannabis Ban

Bahrain Police Fire Tear Gas at Protestors

Mali Coup Leaders Hunt Down Loyalists

Egyptian Protestor Killings Interrupt Presidential Campaign

Eritrea Tops Restrictive-Censorship Report

Firefox Creators Mozilla Attack Congress Over CISPA

Living the Language: Canada’s Ktunaxa

FCC Urged to Revoke Fox News’ License

13 Charged in Florida Hazing Death

Petition: Tell the SEC – Don’t Let Corporations Hide Their Political Spending

May Day’s Radical History

Chicago’s May Day Takes the Streets

Across New York City, People Honor May Day

May Day Celebrations Continue in Oakland, San Francisco

Workers Around the World Mark May Day

Noam Chomsky Interviewed About OWS, Anarchism, Labor, Racism, Corporate Power and the Class War

Since bin Laden’s Death…

Beyond Fossilized Paradigms: Futureconomics of Food

Why I Interrupted Obama Counter-terrorism Advisor John Brennan

MPs Killed in Central Somalia Attack

Troops Battle for Control of Mali’s Capital

Water Boards, Drones, and the Drones Who Love Them

Senators Feinstein and Levin Set the Record Straight on Torture

Latino Community Remains Silent on Anastasio Hernandez Rojas

Mali Coup: A Guide to the Players

Opinion: Britain’s Craven Silence Over Bahrain Screams Hypocrisy

Israel Starts Building Wall on Lebanon Border

Egypt Must Protect Protestors Amidst Cairo Clashes

Big Money’s Effect on Big Media

Crossing the Line – Has US Border Patrol Been Using Excessive Force to Curb Illegal Immigration?

Obama Swoops Into Afghanistan on bin Laden Death Anniversary

Map: US Bases Circle Iran

American Dystopia: Welcome to the 2012 Hunger Games

Scientists Plead With Anti-GMO Protestors Not to Destroy “Years of Work”

The Jose Rodriguez Lesson

A Guide to Greece’s Political Parties

Bolivia Nationalizes Electrical Grid

BP Engineer Arrested for Destroying Evidence of Oil Spill

Dear David Horowitz: Stop the Slander and Come to Palestine

Opinion: White House is ‘Puzzling’ on Racial Profiling

Wal-Mart, Bribes and Whistle-blowers

America’s New Working Poor

Clinton Heads to China Amid Dissident Drama

Senators Reject Claim That Torture Helped in the Hunt for Bin Laden

My Search for Charles Taylor

The Implosion of Capitalism

The Obama Contradiction

Chicago to Welcome Militarized May Day?

The CIA’s Misuse of Secrecy

Bahrain Urged to Release al-Khawaja As Appeal of Activists Announced

Jailed Bahraini Activists Get Appeal But US-Backed Regime’s Abuses Continue

Bahrain Gov’t Must Release All Detained Human Rights Defenders Immediately and Unconditionally

Uganda: Somalia, Museveni, and Militarizing the Region

US and Pakistan Fighting Over Extra-judicial Murders

US Surveillance in Iran: Washington’s ‘Real’ Agenda is Not Global Security, but ‘Regime Change’

US Military Found Under-Reporting Insider Attacks in Afghanistan

Chen Guangcheng Escape: Will China’s Reaction Be Reform or Repression?

Human Rights Watch: UAE Should End Arrests, Free Political Activists

Human Rights Watch Report: China – State of Injustice

Interrogators Speak Out: Why No Torture Turing Test?

United Against the War on Women

‘Our Hope is Our Struggle’ – Reclaiming Land and Life in Honduras

Rights Groups See Politics Behind Rise in Muslim Hate Crimes

Dog-Training the Press Corps

Killing Democracy, One Vote at a Time

Connecticut’s Death Penalty Message

Texas Planned Parenthood Defunding Halted by Federal Judge

US Foreign Policy, Brought to You By Exxon Mobil

Celebrating Our ‘Warrior’ President

Wary of Iran, Saudis Seek Progress on Gulf Union

Keeping Domestic Cybersecurity Efforts in Civilian Hands

Cigarette Companies and Their Under-Handed Tactics

Trickle-Down Gulf Wreck-onomcis

The Super-PAC Steamroller: Coming to a Town Near You

Wildlife Thrives in the Korean Peninsula’s Demilitarized Zone

Deadly Attacks in 2 Nigerian Cities

Peru is Latest Developing Nation to Adopt Climate Change Initiative

Study Affirms the Role of US Guns in Mexico’s Violence

Jordan’s Prime Minister Resigns

Some Lesser-Known Facts About Liberia’s Charles Taylor

Europe’s Far Right Marches On

Al-Jazeera Report on Rape in South Africa

Where Did All the Liberal Civil Liberties Advocates Go?

The Impotence of Israel’s Supreme Court

Spain Unemployment Reaches Record High

Petition: Tell the Senate to Stop the Online Spying Bills

Lacking a Corporate Outcry, CISPA Likely to Pass

The Ghost of Joe McCarthy Slithers Again

Could We Stop ‘Signature’ Drone Strikes in Pakistan and Yemen?

Occupy Prepares for May Day: No Work, No School , No Banking

Bahrain: Police Brutality, Minors Beaten – Despite “Reforms”

Sudan Conflict: War is Not an Option

Sudans Arrest 4 Foreigners in Heglig

Military Whistleblower Tells of Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks

Mali Coup Leader Rejects ECOWAS Terms

Interview: Urban Revolution is Coming

The World’s Most Threatened Tribe: Brazil’s Awa

South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu Endorses Divestment Resolution

South Africa’s Apartheid Land Fix Withers in Fields

Recognizing Heroes: The Duty of the Truth

Tear Gas Used as 25,000 Rally for Malaysia Reform

Rwanda: Opposititon Leader’s Sentence Upheld in Blow to Free Speech

Obama, Cuba and..the Last Summit?

Opinion: Let’s Just Say It, the Republicans Are the Problem

Scientists Fear Extinction for Rhinos as Slaughters Hit Record High

Argentine Summit Approves Oil Nationalization

Saudi Arabia Recalls Egypt Convoy in Blow to Ties

US Labor Department Abandons Child Farm Workers

Blind Dissident’s Escape Tests US-China Ties

Report: African Aid – Helpful or Hazardous?

Anonymous Takes to the Streets to Protest CISPA

Student Loan Interest Rate Bill: How Did the Representatives Vote?

Investigative Reporter for Mexican Magazine Killed

Fears Grow for Bahraini Activist on Hunger Strike

Human Rights Watch: Uganda Must Investigate Killings by Military During 2011 Protest

The IMF and Oil; It’s Politics, Stupid

‘Occupy’ and Failure

Canada Student Fee Protests Continue

FTC Taps Outside Counsel for Google Anti-Trust

How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Taxes

Protestors Interrupt GE Annual Meeting in Detroit

Video Clip: Unintended Consequences; India’s Rape Crisis

America’s Mad-Cow Crisis

The Great Heist: US Loots Iranian Assets

Monsanto Buys Bee Research Firm After Being Blamed for Bee Population Collapse

Cambodia Says Officer Killed Activist in Forest Clash, Then Himself

As House Passes CISPA, the Fight is Just Beginning

CISPA Passed by House, Critics Urge Senate to Fight ‘Horrible’ Bill

Ex-Israeli Spy Boss Attacks Netanyahu and Ehu Barak Over Iran

Congo Security Sector Needs Urgent Reforms, Report Says

Israeli Independence Day: Police Arrest Demonstrators Commemorating Nakba Violence

I won’t be able to update Material Truth tonight, but there will be lots of articles posted tomorrow morning.

Support Church Divestment From Israeli Apartheid

Video Clip: Obama Continues to Expand Drone War

Ready to Occupy? What You Need to Know About HR-347, the ‘Criminalizing Protest’ Law

Selective Bin Laden Leakings

Chinese Activist Fears ‘Insane Retribution’ on Family After Escape

Escaping the Chinese Government

Radioactive Waste Dump Opens in Texas, Despite Concerns

Amnesty Int’l: China Must Guarantee Safety of Blind Activist, Chen Guancheng

Bahrain Authorities Should Provide a ‘Proof of Life’ for Hunger Striker al-Khawaja

Social Constructions and the Horrors We Hide

Dalai Lama Meets With Canada’s PM Harper

CISPA Passes the House; Privacy Battle Moves to Senate

South Sudan Reiterates Heglig Sovereignty Claim

Nuclear Energy and Democracy

US to Remove 9,000 Marines From Okinawa, Japan; Relocating Elsewhere in Pacific

Opinion: The Digital Arms Age

Two Stupid Lies the Right Spread This Week

Technology Sales: How Corporations Can Avoid Assisting Repressive Regimes

American Radical – The Trials of Norman Finkelstein

Libya Bans Religious Parties From Politics

Sudan and South Sudan – On the Brink of War?

Myanmar’s New Battle

Surviving Israeli Jain: Torture, Humiliation, and Giving Birth

The Government’s Overreach on Bradley Manning

Tibetan Quake Victims Fight Chinese Government Land Grab

US House Panel May Send Scandal Investigators to Colombia

Victims of Prosecution

People and Power: Building the Perfect Bug

Military Budget Cuts Would Cover Social Security Shortfall

Blasts Hit 2 Nigerian Newspaper Offces

Ukraine Bomb Blasts Injure Dozens, Weeks Before Euro 2012

Noam Chomsky: Occupy Points to a “Different Way of Living”

Cut World Population and Redistribute Resources, Expert Urges

How Washington Went Soft on Childhood Obesity

South Africa Upholds ANC Malema Expulsion

Vietnam Clamps Down on Bloggers

Lawsuit Alleges Racial Profiling Along Washington-Canada Border

Broadcasters, Citizens United, and the Perfect Storm [ part 1 ]

Petition: Tell President Obama and Congress to Oppose “Signature” Drone Strikes

White House Approves Broader Yemen Drone Campaign

Obama Escalates in Yemen – Again

A History of the World – BRIC by BRIC

Divestment Will Help Ease Palestinian Suffering

Top 10 Reasons Israel Tried to Censor Bob Simon’s Report on Palestinian Christians

UN Plans Aid For 1 Million Syrians 

The Children of Fallujah

Joseph McCarthy, Reborn

The Killing of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas

The Hospital of Horrors

Pink Slime and Mad Cow Disease: Coming Soon to a Burger Near You

Washington Bets on the Gulf Royals

Counter-Revolution – The Next Deadly Chapter

Activists to Challenge Obama on Human Costs of CIA Drone Strikes

Carlos Montes: Never Stop Fighting

Cambodia: Police Shoot, Kill, Leading Anti-Logging Campaigner

Beyond Breivik, Hate in Europe is On the Rise

Obama Justice and Medical Marijuana

Amnesty Int’l: Charles Taylor Verdict Sends Message That No-one is Above the Law

Does Religion Really Matter? Time to End Profiling

Human Rights First Awards Prestigious Medal of Liberty to Bahrain Center for Human Rights

Secret Service Investigating Reports of a Second Prostitution Scandal

Philippines-China Standoff Could Spin Out of Hand

Judge Warns Prosecutors in WikiLeaks/Manning Case

Europe’s Austerity Recession

Burkina Faso: Insufficient/Inadequate Support for 46,000 Malian Refugees

Corporate Giving That Gives Up on Attempted Appearance of Bipartisanship

A Remarkable Week for Corporate Crime

Former President of Maldives Calls for International Sanctions

Ocean Acidification – A Global Problem

‘Agent Orange’ Corn Sparks Public Outcry

How Obama Became a Civil Libertarian’s Worst Nightmare

How a Group of Japanese Mothers are Saying ‘No’ to Nuclear Power

West African Bloc ECOWAS to Send Troops to Mali, Guinea-Bissau

What is E-Waste?

Pakistan PM Faces Calls to Resign After Avoiding Jail for Contempt

Serbia: Hundreds Face Uncertainty After Belvil Evictions