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People seem to know about May Day everywhere except where it began, here in the United States of America. That's because those in power have done everything they can …

Greenwich - Since the 2010 elections, the activism of newly empowered conservative and Republican state legislatures has gained national attention with their wars on public employee unions, additional restrictions …

He has few constraints (except those he's internalized). No one can stop him or countermand his orders. He has a bevy of lawyers at his beck and call to …

For more than 20 years, in language as strong as the editors of mainstream media will allow, I’ve been slamming the stupidities of the education “reforms” dreamed up by …

The Pentagon has disputed a contention by Robert Bales' attorney that his client was “upset” over a friend losing a leg to a roadside bomb, in the days prior …

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California. (Photo: yuzu) Strikes, walk-outs, marches and rallies are part of Occupy Oakland's May Day plans, but the centerpiece, an attempted shutdown of the …

A voter registration form in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, on March 22, 2012. The Obama campaign has begun national outreach to train volunteers and staff about the new voter …

Picking through scraps in a Kolkata, India, waste dump. (Photo: Sterneck)When civilizations start to die they go insane. Let the ice sheets in the Arctic melt. Let the temperatures …

In Washington, all serious people routinely write columns in which they set themselves above the political fray and pronounce the Republicans and Democrats equally to blame for political gridlock …

The offices of Braeburn Capital, an Apple subsidiary that manages and invests Apple's cash, in Reno, Nevada, February 17, 2012. Nevada has a corporate tax rate of zero, as …