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We live at a time that might be appropriately called the age of the disappearing intellectual, a disappearance that marks with disgrace a particularly dangerous period in American history. …

The June labor market report announced that the unemployment rate is down from 9.7 to 9.5 percent and 83,000 private-sector jobs were created in June. Unfortunately, the situation isn’t …

Washington, D.C. - Despite the fact that Social Security is fully funded through 2039, there have been calls to cut Social Security benefits in an effort to reduce the …

"Even now, I can't find the words to explain the kinds of horrors that are happening,” wrote Nurjan Tulegabylova with El Agartuu, a women’s organization based in Kyrgyzstan. “There …

Every June, I leave my Northern California home and head south to our annual Gulf Coast family reunion. I might as well be an alien visiting from another planet. …

A commonly proffered argument against negotiations to end the war in Afghanistan has been: “Why should the Afghan Taliban negotiate, when they think they are winning?” For many months, …

Tel Aviv, Israel - An Israeli military investigation into Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla concluded Monday that there were “no failures, but mistakes were made.” Nine activists, …

Feminism should realign itself with social justice and avoid reducing all questions of women's lives to issues of sexuality and sexual behavior.

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico — If Dante had ever been to Juarez he would have placed it squarely in the seventh circle of hell, the one housing “violence” and "ringed …

Why many are calling for a modern incarnation of the Depression-era program.