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We are in the Middle East, seeking a nonviolent solution to the blockade of Gaza. Free Gaza actions are occurring all over Cairo, and so the police, who are …

Burlington, Vermont - Earlier this month, the “People's Republic of Burlington” had a busy weekend mustering its “troops” for active duty on several fronts, one at home and the …

Washington - A ruling Wednesday by the U.S. International Trade Commission in favor of domestic steelmakers and against Chinese exporters of tubular steel points to a likely trend in …

Spared an attack on 9/11 by the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93, a justifiably spooked Congress held hearings less than a year later to address how it might …

Lawyers for Guantanamo detainees want surveillance records. An appeals court ruled Wednesday that agencies could refuse to confirm or deny the existence of such records for national security. …

The business model on which most American journalism relies, making a profit by attracting enough readers to sell advertising, is failing. With the closure of several major daily newspapers, …

United Nations - When Yemen refused to vote in support of a U.S.-sponsored Security Council resolution against Iraq during the 1990-1991 Gulf War, a visibly angry U.S. delegate turned …

Washington - The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for jobless benefits fell last week to the lowest level in about 17 months, suggesting the economy might be …

How do you best measure a decade, and what do you measure if you do? With the close of a decade, it's invariably time to take stock …

Imagine looking up at an airport monitor. Next to the list of flights scheduled for departure is “delayed,” "delayed," “delayed.” Got the image? …