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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia). (Photo: republicanconference / Flickr) On June 1, Kathy Hochul (D-New York) was sworn in as the newest member of Congress. She …

When reviewing a story about a recent deal between the government and Indians regarding multinational oil companies in the Peruvian Amazon, the editor of an important national news magazine …

Rakhat Aliyev, the former son-in-law of Kazakstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev. (Photo: Evstafiev / Wikimedia) It has all the twists of a Hollywood blockbuster: shadowy international figures, a …

(Photo: Scott Robinson / Flickr) Introduction Although the credit crunch has pushed the issue of the global food crisis to the background, it is …

(Image: Lance Page / Truthout) In the early 1980s, the Pentagon was in the midst of several new generations of tanks, aircraft and missiles, especially during the …

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. (The Prime Minister's Office / flickr) Toronto, Canada - By winning a majority in the 308-seat House of Commons in Canada’s May …

The jobs crisis is far from over.

Celebrating a reunion with close friends of Fordham College (class of 1961) on a perfect June day in New York should be a time of little or no stress. …

The double dip of this crisis is upon us. The latest data agree: the housing market has been in full double-dip mode for five months as home prices keep …

(Photo: BillRhodes Photo / flickr) Countries everywhere are facing debt crises today, precipitated by the credit collapse of 2008. Public services are being slashed and public assets …