It’s Not Just Ray Rice: Dave Zirin on the NFL’s History of Condoning Domestic Abuse; University of Illinois Urged to Reinstate Professor Steven Salaita, Critic of Israeli War in Gaza; The Climate Change Defense? Citing Global Warming, DA Drops Charges Against Anti-Coal Activists.
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September 9, 2014
U.N.: Greenhouse Gas Levels Reach Record High
Report: Southwestern U.S. at Higher Risk of “Megadrought”
Iraqi Lawmakers Approve New Government
EU OKs New Sanctions on Russia; Report Finds MH17 Hit by “High-Energy Objects”
Yemeni Police Fire on Protesters, Killing 7
Chile: Bomb Injures 7 in Subway Station
Obama Extends Embargo on Cuba Despite Global Condemnation
Top Anti-Logging Activist Murdered in Peru
Report: Israel Unlawfully Coercing African Migrants to Leave
U.S. Senate Advances Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
Documents Show Secret U.S. Plans to Spy for the Benefit of Corporations
SAC Capital Ex-Trader Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison
Ray Rice Suspended from NFL After Video Shows Him Punching Then-Fiancée
City of Ferguson to Adopt Reforms After Death of Michael Brown