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Last week, an HBO film crew was in my Manhattan neighborhood shooting a movie about legendary record producer Phil Spector, now serving 19 years to life for the 2003 …

Global warming is no longer a fear for the future, it’s threatening human civilization now. But a good portion of humanity doesn’t seem that concerned. On this edition, part …

(Photo: mammal) The Euro is crashing today to record lows against the Swiss Franc, and interest rates on Italian and Spanish bonds have hit record highs. This …

Monday, July 11, was a historic day for the movement to abolish the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. The right-wing dominated Israeli Knesset gave …

Armed authorities with the Greek Coast Guard approach the American boat, “The Audacity of Hope,” which planned to be part of the international flotilla to Gaza, with orders for …

Ohio Republican Governor John Kasich talks on the phone before speaking at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 3, 2010. (Photo: Yana Paskova / The New …

Prisoners at Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Ariz., Oct. 16, 2009. (Photo: Monica Almeida / The New York Times) After last week’s breakthrough in mitigating the damage …

Obama: The U.S. Is Bombing Libya But This Isn't War The U.S. Congress's informal protest over Obama's sidestepping the War Powers Act concerning U.S. participation in the …

There are a handful of misconceptions that have been parroted repeatedly in media coverage of the “Arab Spring.”

New York - When he was growing up in the Philippines, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas' early ideas of America were formed by the remittances and goods …