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In his 2010 book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, environmental scholar and activist Bill McKibben writes of a planet so devastated by global warming that …

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). (Photo: SEIU International) Since my initial request to visit Private First Class (Pfc.) Bradley Manning on February 4, 2011, the Department of Defense …

Gates Rubber Factory, Denver, Colorado. (Photo: zenobia_joy) At a time when working people are fighting defensive battles to preserve essential services at the state and national levels, …

Republicans and President Obama have been hailing last week’s shutdown-averting government funding deal as the “largest spending cut in history,” but as details about the package emerged, analysts realized …

Some people say it doesn't really matter how much companies pay their executives, at least as far as the shareholders are concerned. Whether investors prosper depends on the executives' …

In the ever-so-smug company of the rich and powerful, it is a given that there is never to be any expression of remorse or other acknowledgement of the pain …

Washington - President Obama has finally decided to take his own side in the philosophical struggle that is the true engine of this nation's budget debate. After …

President Obama’s statement was about as encouraging as could have been hoped for in the context of an agenda committed to deficit reduction. He rightly stressed that the wealthy, …

Imagine that you come to the time of life where you have a mother that needs constant nursing care. You don't want to admit that she is going to …

Washington - The Pakistani military's recent demands on the United States to curb drone strikes and reduce the number of U.S. spies operating in Pakistan, which have raised tensions …