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As President Obama is selling his American Jobs Act and deficit-reduction plan and Republicans cry “it won't work” and “class warfare,” America faces the threat of a lost generation. …

Elephant in the Room: Amongst Talks of Market Fixes, A Crisis in Human Need The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the U.S. Treasury, and the …

Read the first half of this story here. The mortgage market was struggling in March 2007 when Countrywide promoted Eileen Foster to executive vice …

In June of 2010, in the midst of the BP Gulf oil disaster, someone deep in the bowels of the U.S. State Department was considering a two-year delay in …

When King Abdullah’s speech was released by the Saudi Press Service on Sunday, my first reaction was stunned amazement. The second was to think of Dr. Aisha, a physician …

In the world of weaponry, they are the sexiest things around. Others countries are desperate to have them. Almost anyone who writes about them becomes a groupie. …

(Image: JR / Truthout; Adapted: Spc. Bryanna Poulin, The U.S. Army) On October 7, 2011, the United States will have been at war for ten years. …

(Photo: Mick Orlosky; Edited: JR / Truthout) In the wake of COINTELPRO and the Watergate scandal, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas sent a letter to a …

'Both of Ibrahim's arms were cut off. He had a hole in his lung. Parts of his legs were missing. His kidney was in a bad condition…we need people …

A massive wildfire broke out in Bastop County, Texas, on September 4, 2011. The fire was still burning on September 5, 2011, when this photo was taken. (Photo: Phil …