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Over the weekend, my inbox exploded with angry messages from people who had just read this New York Times article (though it reads more like an op-ed) about the …

Vampires. Thieves of the night. As sunlight is said to be deadly to them, these mythical creatures venture out to drain the blood from their innocent victims only when …

In the midst of the largest scandal to rock the U.S. solar industry, the Department of Energy is plowing ahead with a series of smaller initiatives that could help …

Chicago - For nearly a decade, public schools around the country have struggled to meet federal academic standards, considered “failing” when too many children flunked achievement tests. …

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo: World Economic Forum / Flickr) The wave of popular uprisings across the Middle East created many new spaces for popular …

(Photo: Joshua Lott / The New York Times) Phoenix, Ariz. - The number of apprehensions of undocumented immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped, but reports of …

Texas Governor Rick Perry. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Orlando, Fla. - Is Rick Perry about to lose his momentum toward the Republican presidential nomination? …

(Photo: Walmart Stores / Flickr) Forty years after the publication of Diet for a Small Planet, thousands of farmers’ markets are thriving across the United States, countless …

Washington - An impasse between the House and Senate over a bill to keep the government open after Sept. 30 and provide aid to natural disaster victims deepened Friday …

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 …