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Leaving a hearing before the subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee a few weeks ago, a pleasant woman approached us and introduce herself, noting she and her companions …

Students in class at Simmons College. (Photo: stevegarfield) Previous guest blogger Anastasia Wilson has written a post on her own blog comparing the student loan racket (for-profit …

Dr. William Dewar III examines a patient in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, January 17, 2011. (Photo: Nicole Bengiveno / The New York Times) America’s broken health-care system suffers from …

Protesters demonstrate against austerity cuts in Syntagma Square, Greece, June 29, 2011. (Photo: Megan Garner) On the eve of World War II, in 1935, the British scholar, …

Hugo Chavez speaking on January 22, 2009. (Photo: Bernardo Londoy) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez capped a four-day public relations blitz Monday with a triumphant return home after …

Washington - Data on attacks by armed opposition forces and U.S. combat casualties since the U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan was completed last summer provide clear evidence that the …

Yankton, South Dakota - Gary Schaeffer's grandkids ran to an overlook of Gavins Point Dam. “Ooh, man. Ooh.” Schaeffer followed and looked down in disbelief. …

Today is the anniversary of the day that the nation’s founders, gathered in Philadelphia a few miles from my house (which as it happens had already been standing for …

Yes, that was I standing before the U.S. Embassy in Athens on the eve of the July Fourth weekend holding the American flag in the distress mode — upside …

(Image: JR / Truthout; Adapted: Loz Flowers, Mickipedia) In the 1970s, social upsurge pulled millions of working-class women, including me, into the second wave of feminism. Sparked …