PASCO, Wash. (KEPR) - A Franklin County man went to jail in late January, even though county prosecutors don't want him in there. The 18-year-old man has low-functioning autism and is non-verbal. But it's his violent outbursts that are leaving his family…

VICE News profiles the armed civilian groups that are in the heart of today’s dispute for power in Venezuela. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subs...

An Alberta man's lawsuit says he likely suffered permanent damage after RCMP arrested him suspecting he was drunk, when he was actually having a stroke. According to the lawsuit, the man was then left in a cell for more than 18 hours, virtually ignored by…

Rainbow flags decorated the chapel, the pastors wore stoles in the trans hues of blue, pink and white and the congregation swayed to Caribbean beats.

In the past few years, the American Petroleum Institute and its allies have fought against climate-friendly policies in at least 16 different states.

Khalida Jarrar is a leading Palestinian activist for women's rights and prisoners' rights. She is a socialist MP elected to the Palestinian Authority's moribund legislative council, as part of t...

Recent femicide cases such as Ingrid Escamilla and Fátima Cecilia Aldrighetti have sparked outrage in Mexico

If you're a young American in prison, underwear will cost you $3.25 a pair and a bra, $13.50. A 25-minute video visit from your family costs $7.50. In some places, even reading an ebook will cost you—five cents per minute.

Donald Parkinson weighs in how communists should relate to our difficult history. We can neither be in denial of our failures or refuse to own up to them. 





As communists living in the aftermath of the 20th century, we inherit a legacy that is tainted…

“Nobody can deny that we made an army and that from the beginning we have inculcated gentlemanly and humane principles to that army. … The armed institutions should offer services in peace, services to the people, services of a technical order. What we will…

“I feel terrible about it. I feel that the truth suffers, the voters are poorly informed, and people also have the opportunity to tune into whatever they want to hear,” Wright said in the video where only occasional glimpses of his face are seen.

Iran is racing to curb the coronavirus' spread, but these efforts are complicated by U.S. economic restrictions and frustrations among the population.

The military-installed government charged Morales with sedition and terrorism. A European Union monitoring report noted that some 40 former electoral officials have been arrested and face criminal charges of sedition and subversion, and 35 people have died…

A group of First Nations in Manitoba says the Cuban government has offered to provide health-care resources for communities in need.

Case brought by three Eritreans against Nevsun Resources can continue as companies operating overseas face new legal risk

Julio Lopez said he sends money every month to his sister in Cuba, but as of Feb. 26, the company he's always used, Western Union, stopped allowing all transfers to Cuba.

Officials say one inmate died Thursday and one Friday.

Fifty-four teaching assistants at the University of California, Santa Cruz, were fired as they have been carrying out a weeks-long strike demanding a cost-of-living adjustment. The workers were fired after they refused to turn in final grades for the fall…