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Edward Girardet, author of “Killing the Cranes: A Reporter's Journey Through Three Decades of War in Afghanistan.” (Photo: Chelsea Green Publishing) As an award-winning correspondent, Edward Girardet's …

Los Angeles - When the 2010 Census results came in, Latinos seemed poised to exert more political influence in the U.S. than ever before. In the past 10 years, …

The headline above is not what GOP congressional leaders actually said today to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, but they might just as well have used that precise …

In today's On the News segment: Fox so-called News gives a platform to alleged hate group The Federation for American Immigration Reform, Boehner musters up enough support in his …

United Nations - Resisting American pressure, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority formally requested full United Nations membership on Friday as a path toward statehood, rejecting arguments by …

Supporters of Troy Davis react after learning the US Supreme Court declined to reconsider his execution in Jackson, Georgia, September 21, 2011. (Photo: Grant Blankenship / The New York …

(Photo: Steve Rhodes / Flickr) Hyatt Hotels wasted no time and pulled no punches in condemning UNITE-HERE's seven-day strike against six hotels in San Francisco, Chicago, Los …

Weeks ago, I wrote an essay on America's empathy crisis as the common denominator in our country's hard right turn on a broad array of political issues. The recent …

(Photo: K Latham / Flickr) The roots of today's toxic conservative movement lie in Ayn Rand's teaching that wealthy “producers” — now called “job creators” — should …

#OccupyWallStreet protesters gathering in New York's financial district on September 17, 2011. (Photo: David Shankbone / Flickr) A lot of what you've probably seen or read about …