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Two events will highlight the concerns of women workers on International Women’s Day: a rally at the Chicago Board of Trade highlighting low wages for women janitors paid …

Entrance to the clinic at the Anna M. Kross Center on Rikers Island in Queens, New York. (Photo: Librado Romero / The New York Times) Patricia Wright …

A number of prominent U.S. climate scientists who identify themselves as Republican say their attempts in recent years to educate the GOP leadership on the scientific evidence of man-made …

Syria, near the border with Turkey. (Photo: [ john ]) The Syrian military in the past month planted a band of anti-personnel mines along stretches of the …

(Photo: prensa420) John Lovell is a lobbyist who makes a lot of money from making sure you can’t smoke a joint. That’s his job. He’s a lobbyist …

(Photo: United States Marine Corps) Panjway, Afghanistan - A United States service member walked out of a military base in a rural district of southern Afghanistan on …

Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan unveiled a vast collection of school data Tuesday, calling attention to alarmingly high discipline rates for minority students in comparison to their white counterparts. …

Election-year politics, $4-a-gallon gasoline and an anti-regulatory fervor on Capitol Hill have aligned to thwart EPA's vow to issue final carbon emissions standards for oil refineries this year. …

Protesters in Prince George, British Columbia demonstrate against the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipeline, August 18, 2011. (Photo: 350.org) As U.S. environmental groups renew their battle …

(Photo: steefafa) Phoenix - A group of pro-immigrant rights activists in Arizona aim to develop a smartphone application that would help immigrants notify friends, family and their …