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Recent studies suggest that coal mining affects the health of everyone who lives nearby, not just those who work in the mines.

Can you be a revolutionary and a mayor? Chokwe Lumumba, who spent eight months as mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, before he died this Tuesday, did his best to be …

The radical nationalist group called Pravy Sector turned Ukrainian peaceful protests into violent riots.

Masha Gessen's “Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot” tells the essential backstory to the Pussy Riot phenomenon in a way that "rescues these women from this …

One Raleigh-based Jewish group has tapped into a wellspring of political passion among Jews, and is mobilizing them across the state to challenge the Republican takeover of the legislature.

A law affecting content on the Internet that was rejected by Congress shows up in a trade agreement designed to bypass and override Congress.

It's official: Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Republicans in the Oklahoma Legislature don't care about the working poor or their children.

Many speak of Israel's checkpoints dotting the occupied territories, but few truly appreciate the real experience of living life imprisoned between checkpoints, by being held hostage to the temperament …

The Brennan Center published a fact sheet detailing the Roberts Court's shift, in a series of decisions since 2007, toward favoring big money interests at the expense of average …

But more important than Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's cowardice is the fact that he is a scoundrel.