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Two-thirds of the worldu2019s proven fossil fuel reserves cannot be used without risking dangerous climate change, the International Energy Agency warned this week.

The last time life expectancy fell for a large number of American women was 1918, due to Spanish influenza.

We donu2019t need to wait for mass movements to emerge, we can take actions that make the most of small numbers.

Paul Krugman: The Republican Party went into Election Day in a state of complete delusion.

Councilman opens up on FEMA, the Red Cross, Superstorm Sandy and the man-made voting disaster in NYC.

Although Obama has vowed to stay firm over taxing the rich (this time), his toughness is only skin deep, and comes with dangerous strings attached.

William Rivers Pitt imagines what Thanksgiving for the Romneys would be like in an alternative universe where Mitt is President.

Let Congress and the nation set the table with compromise, not gridlock, this Thanksgiving.

This goes against the conventional wisdom, but there are two good reasons, one selfish and the other moral.

We take an in-depth look at The Wizard of Oz, and hear a medley of Harburgu2019s Broadway songs and the politics of the times in which they were created