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Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Ever since House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan put …

“When the US began drone strikes in Pakistan in 2006, drone attacks were notoriously inaccurate,” wrote retired Pakistani military officer Shaukat Qadir at Counterpunch in an article about the …

(Photo: Thomas Hawk / Flickr) If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are men who …

The Antikythera Mechanism at the Boston Museum of Science. (Photo: davelin66) Just before Easter 1900, Greek sponge-fishers were on their way to the waters of Tunisia when …

New York - As immigrant advocates battle hardline immigration bills in state capitols across the country, they’re receiving crucial support from caucuses of black legislators.

A U.S. soldier looks over the Baiji Refinery in Baiji, Iraq, Dec. 16, 2009. (Photo: Ayman Oghanna / The New York Times) Afghanistan may be the …

A MQ-1B Predator unmanned aircraft system takes off for a training mission at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada.(Photo: Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr. / US Air Force) …

(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Viswaakshan Iyer / Flickr) Is it a strange case of human rights versus a “strategic partnership”? Is the much-touted special relationship …

(Photo: Woodrow Blettel / Sewanee: The University of the South) After a piece I wrote confronting Bill Gates and the market/corporate-based approach to education reform, I received …

(Photo: Mel Green / Flickr) The street where I grew up in Sydney was a war street. There were long silences, then the smashing of glass and …