Op-Ed

In 2010 in Virginia's Fifth Congressional District, many people who prioritize peace over war probably voted for Democrat Tom Perriello over Republican Robert Hurt. I know many who …

The partisan divide is sharper today than it has been in almost a century.

Chevron's refusal to acknowledge its responsibility in contaminating the Amazon basin has led Ecuador's president to call for a worldwide boycott of Chevron products.

America needs to break the cycle that affirms everyone as a consumer and reduces freedom to unchecked self-interest while reproducing subjects who are willingly complicit with the plundering of …

MSNBC continues on with its campaign to cast the Tea Party Republicans in the role of principal villains in the imminent Government budget/government shutdown crisis and the likely coming …

It appears that there remains political advantage in word magic, particularly in how leaders frame discussions of education in the U.S. and the importance of the free market.

The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, spoke this morning at the United Nations and delivered a powerful indictment of spying by the NSA on behalf of the United States.

Even if the watered-down Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act does pass, children all over the United States will be living in fear of being separated from …

The very rich have recovered just fine from the Great Recession, even as the great majority of Americans continue to struggle.

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