Op-Ed

(Photo: What What) If you think deficit-reduction is being driven by John Boehner or Harry Reid, think again. The biggest driver right now is Standard & Poor's. …

Washington - The monster who slaughtered at least 76 innocent victims in Norway was animated by the same blend of paranoia, xenophobia and alienation that fuels anti-Muslim sentiment in …

The aestheticization of shock, difference and glamour misappropriates social consciousness.

The law enforcement entities dealing with the appalling massacre in and around Oslo last Friday have been understandably preoccupied with the question, did the perpetrator, Anders Behring Breivik, act …

Scandinavians have a dual reputation for tolerance and homogeneity: a population of pale, polite people who speak English perfectly. But that's your grandfather's Scandinavia. Over the last several decades, …

Right-wing terror suspect Anders Behring Breivik reportedly killed 76 people in Norway on Friday, by all accounts driven by far-right anti-immigrant politics and fervent Islamophobia. But many early media …

(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Someday, one way or another, Greece will exit from its current state of indentured servitude. But what will …

Outside the sealed government district on Sunday, flowers and candles are left in memorial to those killed and injured in an explosive attack in Oslo, Norway. (Photo: Johan Spanner …

(Photo: Staff Sgt. Jon Soucy, U.S. Army; Edited: JR / Truthout) Raised in the Catholic Church, I was a pretty confused kid. Father O'Reilly, one of the …

Detroit, Michigan. (Photo: dharder9475) Detroit has become a byword for extreme urban contraction. Yet as the population, industry, and built environment of the city of …