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It was November 19, 2001, when the bus arrived in Jalalabad, the first real city in Afghanistan after crossing the border from Pakistan at the Khyber Pass. Independent cameraman …

When members of Congress earlier this month considered the Stop Online Piracy Act — better known to anyone who actually hangs out on the Internet as #SOPA — the …

The corporations pushing for expanded “hydraulic fracturing” (“fracking”) for “natural gas” are putting big money into PR campaigns due to growing citizen concerns about this damaging drilling process. At …

A worker begins sweeping Times Square after New Year's Eve celebrations ended in New York, January 1, 2012. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The New York Times) A …

President Barack Obama desecrated the Constitution that he and I swore to defend when he signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, which includes language violating the Bill …

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will lay out a plan today to cut the Pentagon's budget as required by the White House and …

President Obama moved an obstructing GOP out of the way earlier today, announcing that he was making a recess appointment to get the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) up …

Say what you will about the justice and propriety of Iowa’s perennial first-in-the-nation shot at naming presidential front-runners, the state’s caucuses have a lot going for them as democratic …

For those who think that the United States wouldn't possibly instigate another war in the Middle East, think again. Empowered by his “success” in the bombing of Libya and …

The Basics Rick Santorum's strong showing in the Iowa caucuses has vaulted him from obscurity to presidential contender. Just a few months ago, Santorum barely merited …