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A man brandishing a broom guards the entrance to Dongshigu village, where Chen Guangcheng has been confined since September in China on Feb. 14, 2011. Known as “ruanjin,” or …

Hey, I'm about the last guy in the world to rain on Egypt's parade. I love the place - I used to live there. Its people are kind, smart, …

While there will undoubtedly have to be additional popular struggle in Egypt to ensure that the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak leads to real democracy, the ouster of the …

Shortly after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, I interviewed Ray McGovern, one of an elite group of CIA officers who prepared the President's daily intelligence brief. At that …

Eleven days before he finally resigned, Hosni Mubarak may have had a chance to reverse his fortunes. Suddenly filled with a spirit of peacemaking and reconciliation, the president offered …

A Libyan man at the looted al La Braq airport steps on the broken portrait of Col. Muammar Gadhafi in an act of disrespect on February 23, 2011. (Photo: …

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Troops or Private Contractors: Who Does Better in Supplying Our Troops During War? Charles M. Smith

For years, American workers’ wages have stagnated even as they produced more. Since 2008, they have been socked with staggering new bills for bank bailouts and hammered by a …

The entire federal government might shut down over birth control. Yes, birth control. This special edition of the Pulse is about the ongoing war against women being waged at …

What is the real agenda of the budget-cutters? Are they really trying to bring the country back from the edge of financial ruin? Or did they bring about the …