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(Photo: boutmuet) Last year in East LA, Jose Pedraza was struggling mightily in his classes and drifting listlessly through his days. It was worrying enough to his …

Washington - President Barack Obama traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday to court Hispanic voters and renew his call for Congress to overhaul immigration policy. He …

Amid growing US and Pakistani suspicions, Pakistan's prime minister on Monday dismissed as "absurd" US allegations that the nation's powerful military was "complicit or incompetent" in the case of …

(Photo: danielfoster437/Flickr.) For the first time, a scientific study has linked natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing with a pattern of drinking water contamination so severe that …

Washington - Speaker John A. Boehner said Monday that Republicans would insist on trillions of dollars in federal spending cuts in exchange for their support of an increase in …

An August 7, 2010, march against violence in downtown Mexico City attracted hundreds of protesters. Now the four-day March for Peace with Justice and Dignity in Mexico is said …

A growing number of GOP-led states are launching a concerted effort to severely impede and disenfranchise voters across the country. Last Thursday, the Florida legislature did its part by …

Washington - The Obama administration parceled out $2 billion Monday for high-speed rail projects in the Northeast, Midwest and California, repurposing a pot of funds rejected in February by …

Beirut, Lebanon - Syrian activists called for daily protests beginning Tuesday in support of thousands of detained antigovernment demonstrators as security forces appeared to broaden the crackdown on dissent …

US Troops in Afghanistan Feeling Five-Year High in Stress