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The 2012 Republican candidates are largely in lockstep when it comes to economic policy, wanting to give huge tax cuts to the rich and corporations while doing next to …

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The first decade of the 21st century was a record one for women serving in the US military: Women constituted 14 percent …

“Live free or die,” the man instructed, and they all promptly died. This was Monday's “Die-in,” an Occupy New Hampshire event in the parking lot of the …

(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 …