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Dean Baker: Without the government bailout we would have seen the end of Wall Street, and possibly the rebirth of our economy.

Radiation continues to leak from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi site into groundwater, threatening to contaminate the entire Pacific Ocean. The cleanup will require an unprecedented global effort.

“The most pernicious development is the incorporation of the black prophetic tradition into the Obama imperial project,” Cornel West tells Chris Hedges.

In an announcement that surprised virtually everyone, the president told his countrymen and the world that he was putting on hold the much anticipated U.S. attack against Syria.

The oil and gas industry pumps millions of gallons of highly hazardous hydrofluoric acid into wells underground, endangering Americans,

A lack of knowledge certainly does not serve the people, whose interests apparently conflict with those of the developers.

Greece in 2013 is an occupied country. But there's no occupation army anywhere in Greece. Yet the occupation is as real as if barbarians were at the gates.

The following weeks will paint a clearer picture of the road map for Egypt - as well as the true aims of General al-Sisi as he attempts to steer …

Now isn't the time to cut the supports the economy needs to grow again and working-class people need to get back on their feet. The No. 1 priority is …

A Montana-based nonprofit is moving to preserve 3.5 million acres of the Great Plains.