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First, it was legally-sanctioned racial profiling, with a touch of totalitarian “Show me your papers” thrown in for good measure (SB 1070). Next, we were delivered a new law …

The ghosts that haunt Sen. John McCain are about 600 in number and right now, they are mustering for a final onslaught. McCain, one of America's foremost Republicans and …

ORIGINAL FRENCH ARTICLE: l’Histoire a tranché Translated Wednesday 19 May 2010, by Henry Crapo and reviewed by Henry Crapo

Based on John Kerry's 2004 declaration that “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it,” you could credibly argue that the Massachusetts Democrat is …

(Illustration: Lance Page / Truthout) Why hasn't the government launched a criminal investigation into BP? That's the question several former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials …

Washington - The House of Representatives voted 234 to 194 Thursday night to repeal the military's 17-year-old policy that prohibits gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the …

Rand Paul, tea party flavor of the month, is said to be avoiding “overexposure.” Senior Republican Party operatives, worried by the Kentucky Senate nominee's all-too-revealing remarks after his primary …

Washington - The Obama administration Thursday will suspend planned exploratory oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska until at least 2011, a casualty of the Gulf of Mexico …

Obama had this frozen, robotic expression on his face when he announced that he'd put his signature on the executive order establishing the National Commission on the BP Deepwater …

BP has stabilized the gushing flow of oil and gas from a ruptured well into the Gulf of Mexico, according to US officials, hoping to mitigate the catastrophic environmental …