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TSA conducting random spot checks at the gates in Fort Lauderdale. (Photo: steuben) Google “TSA stupidity” and you will find that almost one and a half million …

Governor Rick Perry of Texas at a book signing at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Given what we know about Gov. …

(Image: JR / Truthout) Their names suggest selfless dedication to democracy. Fair Districts Mass. Protect Your Vote. The Center for a Better New Jersey. And their stated …

President Barack Obama meets with Congressional leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington about raising the national debt limit on July 13, 2011. From left: …

Entrance of the Attica Correctional Facility. (Photo: Jayu / Wikimedia) September 9 marks 40 years since the uprising at Attica State Prison, in upstate New York, and …

Over the weekend, my inbox exploded with angry messages from people who had just read this New York Times article (though it reads more like an op-ed) about the …

In the midst of the largest scandal to rock the U.S. solar industry, the Department of Energy is plowing ahead with a series of smaller initiatives that could help …

Texas Governor Rick Perry. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Orlando, Fla. - Is Rick Perry about to lose his momentum toward the Republican presidential nomination? …

(Photo: Walmart Stores / Flickr) Forty years after the publication of Diet for a Small Planet, thousands of farmers’ markets are thriving across the United States, countless …

Supporters of Troy Davis react after learning the US Supreme Court declined to reconsider his execution in Jackson, Georgia, September 21, 2011. (Photo: Grant Blankenship / The New York …