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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday on whether U.S.-based corporations can be sued in U.S. courts for human rights abuses committed overseas. The case involves nine Nigerian activists, including Ken Saro-Wiwa, executed for protesting Royal Dutch Shell. We're joined by Marco Simons, legal director of EarthRights International, which f […]
An Occupy Wall Street organizer in Brooklyn gave birth to a baby Tuesday night in a scene caught on videotape by her husband, another Occupy Wall Street activist. Beka Economopoulos and Jason Jones were preparing to host an Occupy video meeting at their home in Brooklyn when Economopoulos began having contractions. They soon jumped into a taxi, but only made […]
The latest offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Occupy the SEC, has submitted a 325-page comment to the Securities and Exchange Commission that calls on regulators to resist the financial industry’s lobbying efforts to water down the Volcker Rule, a section in the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, that aims to prevent large b […]
Questions are mounting over the state of California's prison system following the death of a hunger-striking inmate protesting conditions behind bars. Christian Gomez, 27, died at Corcoran State Prison, just six days after he and about 30 fellow prisoners began refusing food. Gomez was one of thousands of California inmates who have staged hunger strike […]
Manning Defers Plea on WikiLeaks Charges, Syria: 13 Shot Dead in Hama; Annan Named Special Envoy, Syrian Opposition Meet with International Diplomats in Tunis, Obama Sends Apology as Koran Protests Continue in Afghanistan, Obama Touts Energy Policy amid Concern over Speculators' Role in Gas Prices, Maryland Senate Votes to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage, Sa […]