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Last Saturday, residents of the southern Lousiana parish of Lafourche voted down a measure that would have rededicated library funding to the construction of a proposed $25 million jail.

For decades, the default ideology of Official Washingtonu2019s foreign policy has been u201ctough-guy-ism,u201d wielding sticks and mocking those who offer carrots, a pattern that could start a disastrous war …

An investigator into the murder of three Hindus, the first reported episode of religious extremist terrorism in Sindh since Pakistan's independence, believes rejection of his panel's report by the …

Damien Echols of the West Memphis 3 discusses his ordeal during a screening of a new documentary about his case.

A new study shows that women of color earn less than men of the same race and white women.

Hawaii has become a flashpoint for the debate and a center of anti-GMO activism.

Prospects of a meaningful global treaty on climate change have receded ever farther at COP 19, the UN climate talks. Can climate justice activists offer an alternative?

"While many will recall the sound of muffled drums as Kennedy's horse-drawn funeral caisson was moved through the streets of Washington, I'll remember Friday, 2 pm, and the echo …

There seems to be overwhelming popular support to remove Thailand's Pheua Thai Party-led government, but no viable political organization to replace it.

Striking port truckers in Southern California say their conditions are like employees', not independent contractors', and they should be paid that way.