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In my last article, I made the following observation regarding the challenges President Obama faced on the eve of his Wednesday evening State of the Union address: "The American …

There's great consternation brewing over the recent Supreme Court decision that cements and extends the misbegotten logic of “corporate personhood,” and rightly so. Surely, one of the most farcical …

The top United Nations official for Afghanistan has called for direct talks with senior Taliban leaders. Is anyone in Washington listening? The New York Times reported last Sunday that …

Decades ago, right wingers began championing cuts in income taxes for the rich and - when that lowered government revenue - turned around and claimed that government could no …

Remember our humanity, and forget all the rest. - Einstein

Baghdad - A female suicide bomber walked into a tent full of Shiite pilgrims on Monday, killing at least 46 people and wounding another 100 in the latest attack …

Able to quickly reach a well-developed network of women throughout the country, an alternative banking system performs while the Haitian economy is in shambles. A micro-credit program and banking …

Sometimes it pays to read a news story to the last paragraph where a reporter can slip in that little gem for the news jockeys, or maybe just for …

Hundreds of thousands of people are living and sleeping on the ground in Port-au-Prince. Many have no homes, their homes destroyed by the earthquake. I am sleeping on the …

Washington - With women's advocacy groups voicing growing unease with administration policy, President Barack Obama will propose a $3.8 trillion budget on Monday that would exempt programs for women …