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While visiting Delhi, Paul Krugman muses on the historical vastness of the Mughal Empire and how Western Europe came to dominate the world stage.

What would a Middle East policy look like if it were based not in playing multiple sides against each other but rather in a spirit of compassion and reconciliation?

To imagine a “European Europe” de-Islamized is to imagine something entirely alien, a Europe without Shakespeare, without Martin Luther, without the scientific revolution, without the industrial revolution, and probably …

The permission to pollute was granted because of the capture of the state's regulatory apparatus by Big Oil and other corporate interests.

In recent years, a growing number of parents have opted not to have their children vaccinated, leading to an outbreak in California.

President Obama has unveiled a $4 trillion budget proposal for next year Congress that calls for raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations.

Journalist Johann Hari talks about the century-old failed drug war and how much of what we know about addiction is wrong.

Twenty-three US states and the District of Columbia have passed laws legalizing the use and production of medical marijuana for qualifying patients under state law.

What did blowing the whistle on Operation Merlin put at risk?

In a word, the name for institutional mass incarceration, murder and the militarization of police forces is - racism.