Op-Ed

You could criticize the biographical focus if it were being used to convey a false impression of where Romney stands, but thatu2019s not whatu2019s going on here; instead, itu2019s …

Thanks to the NRA's incessant lobbying and PR, many Americans believe it is their right to own not just guns like hunting rifles, but assault weapons.

If Yasser Arafat, former co-founder of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), died from a lethal radioactive substance known as polonium, not only was it a clear case of political …

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has taken refuge in Ecuadoru2019s embassy in London, where according to Ecuadorian authorities he is u201cunder the protection of the Ecuadorian state,u201d as he awaits …

On July 24, 2009, America's minimum wage went up from $6.55 an hour to $7.25 an hour. It hasn't changed since.

A Constructive Critique of Bill McKibben's Article Global Warming's Terrifying New Math in Rolling Stone Magazine, July 20, 2012

The most dangerous forces in the industrialized world are people who are just doing their jobs - the little chores that make vast, complicated systems of exploitation and death …

Oh, what a strange and complex world we live in. The good guys and bad guys sometimes appear to say the same thing u2013 that they only want the …

One of the great works in the establishment of civil and human rights is being shredded before our eyes.

Stu00e9phane Hessel (b. 1917), the French diplomat, ambassador, writer, resistance fighter and human rights advocate, wrote a 32-page essay published as a polemic that recalled the values he had …