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(Photo: photosteve101 / Flickr) Standard & Poor's downgrades US debt, stock markets gyrate around the world, Sarkozy and Merkel perform yet another empty summit, the Chinese and …

Thousands of participants sing and pray inside Reliant Stadium during "The Response," a Christian-themed prayer serviced called for by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in Houston, August 6, 2011. (Photo: …

Then-President-elect Barack Obama with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office on January 7, 2009. (Photo: Beverly & Pack) Is it too soon to speak of …

Van Jones is leading a national mobilization to rebuild the middle class—through decent work, fair taxes, and opportunities for all. With politics in D.C. hitting new lows, …

What, if anything, is the matter with Obama? This is a question that sharply divides progressives today, the central front on what has become known as the “Obama Wars.” …

(Photo: TylerIngram; Edited: JR / Truthout) The earliest recorded use of biological warfare was that of Romans putting dead horses into an enemy's water supply. Other documented …

For the first time in a decade, significant cuts in projected military spending are on the table. If the "Super Congress" doesn't reach a deal on $1.2 trillion in …

Part I – Education as Indoctrination

New York - The massive volatility and sharp equity-price correction now hitting global financial markets signal that most advanced economies are on the brink of a double-dip recession. A …

On June 29, 2011, Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first Aymara Indian president, withdrew his country from the United Nation’s (UN) 1961 Vienna Convention on Narcotic Drugs. His decision was based …