News Analysis

An Israeli flag flies on a rooftop in Jerusalem, Israel. (Photo: betta design) Here are the Three Sacred Commandments for Americans who shape the public conversation on …

The enormous segment of Amazonian rainforest that covers over half of the country has always been an issue of contention for Peru due to the number of indigenous tribes …

A lot of folks these days seem to enjoy getting their calculators out. This is a good thing. The more that citizens become engaged in assessing the fairness and …

Farm prices are up again, so farmers must be getting rich, right? The U.S. Department of Agriculture sure thinks so, projecting that U.S. farmers will see record net cash …

Smoke plumes from spill-response crews gathering and burning oil in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of the leaking Macondo well. (Photo: Dr. Oscar Garcia / Florida State …

Editor's Note: The country's largest media reform conference, the National Conference on Media Reform 2011, was held in Boston on April 8-11, bringing together journalists, activists, educators and policy-makers. …

Waukesha County, Wisconsin's County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus was already known, for some time, to be among the nation's worst elections official. And that's saying quite a bit. But new …

Reaper drone. (Photo: US Air Force) Within weeks and possibly days, President Obama is likely to sign into law a bill that will bring unmanned aerial vehicles …

Though the budget deal struck by lawmakers over the weekend averted a shutdown of the federal government, it still has open-government advocates worried about a shutdown of another sort: …

Yuka Kobayashi, 14, stands in front of what's left of her home in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture, Japan, March 31, 2011. Tokyo - Since the horrific Mar. 11 …