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President Barack Obama is projected on a screen as he speaks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, on March 4, 2012. …

In 1963, a senior Australian government official, A.R. Taysom, deliberated on the wisdom of deploying women as trade representatives. "Such an appointee would not stay young and attractive forever …

(Photo: JMRosenfeld; Edited: JR / TO) It was a total lockdown. As jet after jet swept in surreptitiously with top brass and political decision-makers on board, every …

Working mothers tend to be happier and healthier than mothers who stay at home caring for young children, according to recent research. But many of those who work are …

(Photo: John Carleton) In the fall, the United States joined seven other countries — with hopefully more to come — in forming the Open Government Partnership, an …

(Photos by Mark Karlin) This is the first in an occasional Truthout series on viewing the US “immigration” and Mexican border policies through a social justice lens, …

There was a brief debate focused on the following question: would the gains of the economy continue to accrue to the top 1% once the recovery started, or would …

On March 8, 1997, workers at the University of Vermont were at the beginning of a struggle to unionize. The units of the workforce that were prime for unionization …

The new HBO movie Game Change, which revisits the 2008 presidential campaign, includes a scene in which Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin watches Tina Fey impersonate her on …

President Obama has a historic opportunity to help reform the World Bank, by nominating development expert Jeffrey Sachs to be the World Bank's next president. Sachs has said that …