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86 percent of Americans support expanded background checks on gun buyers. But yesterday, the Senate failed to pass a bipartisan plan by a vote of 54-46, 6 votes …

The USPS has consistently presented lifesaving ideas to an apathetic Congress that seems utterly unconcerned with saving a federal service that caters primarily to the economically disadvantaged.

I am the limbs of the children killed by the drones gathered from the broken trees a sad, frightening fruit an alien among its own hands that once clapped, …

Humanitarian agency Church World Service President and CEO the Rev. John McCullough called on God to "grant us the political and moral courage to truly love and embrace one …

In early April the Associated Press announced that it would no longer use the word “illegal” when referring to undocumented immigrants. The decision has been hailed by immigrant rights …

Nothing is certain except birth and taxes. That's right, I said birth and taxes. We know that babies will be born. We know that we will pay taxes. We …

Last night, a federal judge rejected the State of California's attempt to dismiss a class action lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement in California's notorious Pelican Bay prison. The case …

With compromise on Iranu2019s nuclear program within reach, Obama pulled back, fearing political fallout, resulting in a painful stalemate for the foreseeable future.

After the tragic events at the Boston Marathon this week, Norman Solomon warns that the US does not fall into an Orwellian trap.

Across the world, domestic workers are organizing to protect their rights as workers and as women.