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(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) It was in 1993 during Congressional deliberation over the North American Free Trade Agreement. I was having lunch with a staffer for …

One of the benefits of the seemingly endless Republican primaries, aside from the entertainment value, is the opportunity to discover how right the candidates are ... about each other. …

Guards patrol a cellblock at Camp 6, the maximum-security area of Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in October 2007. (Photo: Todd Heisler / The New York Times) …

A Kiwibank at the Coastlands mall in New Zealand. (Photo: Finsec) Neither rain nor sleet nor snow may have stopped the Pony Express, but the nation's oldest …

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, signs his autograph on a campaign stop at the Rochester Opera House in Rochester, New Hampshire, January …

Part I – Flawed Systems Winston Churchill once said that “No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is …

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, with his wife, Callista, during a campaign stop at the Pinkerton Academy, in Derry, New Hampshire, January …

Claren Merritt, 3, looks up at her father Andy Merritt as he casts his ballot in Atlanta, on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. (Photo: Erik Lesser/The New York …

While members of the 99 percent made New Year’s resolutions to shave a few bucks off the grocery bill, turn the heat down, or maybe donate a few dollars …

(Photo: Gamma Man) Suppose I were to tell you that for the past two years the federal government has been spending nearly $1.5 million to create one …