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Rep. Barney Frank is ratcheting up his longstanding push to reduce federal defense spending with a series of town hall events in his Massachusetts congressional district atarting this weekend. …

They increasingly dot the planet. There’s a facility outside Las Vegas where “pilots” work in climate-controlled trailers, another at a dusty camp in Africa formerly used by the French …

Demonstrators with the Occupy DC protests march through Washington, October 15, 2011. In dozens of cities around the world on Saturday, people took to the streets as part of …

Paris - Making some simple, basic changes in education policy can result in many more girls attending school, experts said at a meeting here this week on Gender Equality …

In today's On the News segment: Mitt Romney is outpacing Obama in fundraising on Wall Street, unnamed sources told The Associated Press the president will withdraw all US troops …

The boldest attack on the Denver Paid Sick Leave Voter Initiative isn’t from the Chamber of Commerce. With large majorities supporting the November 2011 ballot measure, opponents know they …

Working with Media Literacy Project for the past seven weeks on issues of media justice in the US has given me the opportunity to reflect on the situation in …

It’s like the nation just woke from a decade-long coma.

Schumpeter at The Economist pointed me to a paper by Richard Cazier and John McInnis on one of my favorite topics: CEO hiring. Cazier and McInnis first confirm, not surprisingly, …

Whatever else you think about tea-party-infused Republican leaders in Congress, at least they're consistent in their opposition to big government intrusion in the economy, right? Absolutely. Unless …