News Analysis

The ugly legacy of Bush's torture program continues as the “poster child” for waterboarding, Abu Zubaydah, makes an appeal.

US officials recognize that they are playing with fire in Eastern Europe — and US actions in the area have raised tensions.

US welfare policies have, from their very inception, been discriminatory.

Discussions around race and Islam have been preemptively funneled into “acceptable” channels by the French state.

German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said Sunday that “negotiations with the United States have de facto failed, even though nobody is really admitting it.”

Instead of wallowing in nostalgia for coal mining, the GOP presidential candidate should be betting on renewable energy futures.

Police violence and militarization is at the heart of a perpetual crisis in the US.

Resistance to charter schools, which are more racially segregated than traditional public schools, is growing.

The recently released report from the DOJ on the Baltimore Police Department is sobering, but not surprising.

Access to lawyers before police questioning is considered a fundamental value of a juvenile's right to a fair trial.