Washington — European leaders closed a pivotal week Friday with an agreement in principle to join a new treaty that would force all but one European Union nation into …
Occupy LA - November 5, 2011, Bank Transfer Day. (Photo: too many jennifers) Inspired by the Occupy movements around the country, nearly two-thirds of a million Americans …
An interrogation room at Guantanamo Bay as seen on March 19, 2004. Detainees wear shackles that are attached to the ring on the floor. (Photo: Angel Franco / The …
Durban, South Africa - For the Laibon community, a sub-tribe of Kenya’s Maasai ethnic group, the 33,000-hectare Loita Forest in the country’s Rift Valley Province is more than just …
This week the New York State Senate and Assembly near-unanimously passed a measure that would increase the top tax rate on the state's wealthiest citizens — at Gov. Andrew …
Denver - Chemicals used to hydraulically fracture rocks in drilling for natural gas in a remote valley in central Wyoming are the likely cause of contaminated local water supplies, …
Dean Baker (12/9/11) flagged this NPR Morning Edition report today (12/9/11), and it's well worth a positivity. In the debate over the payroll tax cut, Democrats want …
In an exclusive interview, we speak with former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who is attending the U.N. climate change summit in Durban, South Africa. Papandreou was forced to …
Washington - President Obama, who took office pledging to put science ahead of politics, averted a skirmish with conservatives in the nation’s culture wars on Thursday by endorsing his …