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California's mass prison hunger strike ended on Day 60 after two state legislators issued statements of public support for reform of conditions that have had hundreds locked in solitary …

America will act, or act by not acting. There will be real-world consequences in either case. We need to keep track of the metaphors and scenarios that lead to …

Any U.S. military intervention holds the threat of unplanned escalation, and ultimately a quagmire.

Despite all this talk about chemical weapons, how much do we really know about them? Here are 5 things you should know about chemical weapons and their use in …

Many of the legal and diplomatic processes that led to peace in other times of conflict haven't even been tried yet in Syria.

I am sounding the alarm. Right now governments and the giant multinational corporations are engaged in writing a treaty that would overrule national laws that try to rein in …

Morna McDermott has mapped the Common Core State Standard Initiative's corporate connections in a chart that illustrates the corporate takeover of public education.

Syrian anarchist activist Nader Atassi explores the non-fundamentalist and truly democratic resistance to the Assad regime.

While discussion of poverty has been lacking since President Reagan railed that the poor were responsible for their own plight, new signs of concern and fresh thinking have emerged, …

How much do you really know about the core curriculum that American students are taught?