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Cambrdige – At the United States Federal Reserve’s recent and first-ever public press conference, Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a spirited defense of the Fed’s much-criticized policy of mass purchases …

Washington - When George W. Bush rejected a Taliban offer to have Osama bin Laden tried by a moderate group of Islamic states in mid- October 2001, he gave …

Haymarket Riot Memorial, on the corner of Randolph and Desplaines, Chicago. (Photo: avrenim_acceber) One hundred and twenty-five years ago today, a bomb exploded in Chicago's Haymarket Square. …

(Photo: Tom Haymes/Flickr) We got our man. Wave the flag, kiss a nurse (or a sailor) and start packing the equipment. It's time …

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) is authoring a budget proposal that could radically alter government. (Photo: Dave Winer/Flickr) That is what people should be asking Missouri Sen. …

Amman, Jordan - U.S. agents killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, apparently without cooperation from the government in Islamabad. The al-Qaeda leader was responsible for great suffering; I do …

Public Citizen President Rob Weissman, Public Citizen President, blogging at Citizen Vox, the blog of Public Citizen. It’s a modest notion. Companies that bid for …

Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, at 2010 G8 Summit and Toronto G20 Summit. (Photo: Remy Steinegger / World Economic Forum) To a majority of Americans, there …

A man walks through what remains of a police station destroyed in fighting between Hamas and Fatah forces, in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 20, 2007. (Photo: Tyler Hicks / …

Caulking windows as part of the overall weatherization. (Photo: 350.org) Every morning the trucks roll out of the garage at Community Environmental Center (CEC), and every morning …