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Armed authorities with the Greek Coast Guard approach the American boat, “The Audacity of Hope,” which planned to be part of the international flotilla to Gaza, off the coast …

(Photo: itspaulkelly) In America, anybody who works for a living should be able to afford to retire. That's why shunting newly hired and/or existing civil …

New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street. (Photo: kainet) The dominant story of the current political debate is that the government is broke. We can’t afford to pay …

(Image: JR / Truthout) The Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General's (IG) office recently found that the Marine Corps allowed their contractors for a vital troop protection …

White House and congressional negotiators are currently in the process of striking a deficit reduction deal, as most Republicans in Congress are refusing to raise the federal debt ceiling …

Cynthia Walter, an ecologist at St. Vincent College outside Pittsburgh, gets a lot of emails from local wildlife enthusiasts asking about “this bird” or “that amphibian.” But …

History books record an empire's fall as a series of dates and events. Battles are fought, people resist, elections are called, arrest warrants are issued. But those are just …

Washington - I didn't want to write a column about Michele Bachmann but my husband told me to. Naturally, I listened. Not! Poor man, he …

Here's the core economic problem we're facing today: Unemployment and underemployment are rampant and entrenched throughout America, stifling any hope for real recovery and threatening the very survival of …

Washington, D.C.- The budget plan produced by the Senate’s “Gang of Six” offers the promise of huge tax breaks for some of the wealthiest people in the country, while …