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We are losing the very idea of the public good, the notion of connecting learning to social change.

Last night on Fox News' Sean Hannity Show, former Bush Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld backtracked on a previous statement he made about the use of information gained from …

Taksim Square. (Photo: Mario Cardona)

On May 5, 1862, Mexican troops defeated invading French troops in the outskirts of Puebla, a city around 60 miles east of Mexico City. How did events come to …

For Gizella Czene of Van Nuys, California, the celebratory tone surrounding Osama bin Laden's death was eerily reminiscent of the immediate days following 9/11, when, as she put it, …

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is engaging in legal action against Boeing and is threatening to sue Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah for anti-union activities. It …

Oakland resident Sara Kershnar has been trying to get Wells Fargo bank to modify her home loan for two years. After the bank allegedly lost some vital …

With austerity as the guiding mantra during this budget season, researcher Neal Elliott certainly grasps the concept of a parsimonious Congress nipping and tucking its way to deficit reduction. …

Today, the US House of Representatives passed Representative Chris Smith's controversial bill, HR 3, the infamous “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.” You might remember this as the bill …

(Photo: neal..patel) By the time this article sees print, Georgia will almost certainly have set an execution date - his fourth - for Troy Anthony Davis, a …