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A protester with the Occupy Wall Street movement waves to Auubi, a 17-month-old boy whose father was also demonstrating, on the grounds of the Capitol in Washington, on January …

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The popular rebellion against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was an impressive display of democracy in action. The opponents of the …

Greenville, S.C. — They were Newt Gingrich’s other adversaries in the South Carolina primary and they helped define his surge to victory as much as Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum …

(Image: Gibbs Smith) Why isn't activism working? It's not for lack of trying, says self-described recovering environmental attorney Thomas Linzey. The environmental community has created a slew …

This is a story about water, the land surrounding it, and the lives it sustains. Clean water should be a right: there is no life without it. New York …

With George Goehl Rumor has it that on Monday, after months of negotiation with big banks, the White House may announce a settlement that would let the …

San Pedro Sula, Honduras - From U.N. chambers to the halls of the State Department, global pressure on countries to protect the rights of gay people and transgender people …

On Friday, activists in more than 130 cities in 46 states across the country “occupied” their federal courts on the eve of the second anniversary of Citizens United v. …

He is, in the words of Barbara Walters, a “mild-mannered ophthalmologist.” Indeed, the rather squeamish leader-to-be chose eye surgery because it didn’t involve much blood. He speaks fluent English …

The United States is losing ever more jobs and becoming ever less competitive as our universities are cut back and companies move R&D jobs to Asia. We lost 687,000 …