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Gloria Bateman signs up a new client for food-stamp assistance at the Lebanon Food Pantry in Lebanon, Ohio. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) David …

Like you and other Americans, I love my country, its wonderful people, its boundless energy, its creativity in so many fields, its natural beauty, its many gifts to the …

I worked for many years as a reporter in upstate New York, where I covered local news like school board meetings and did features on things like watercolor exhibits …

(Photo: Moyers & Co.) We haven’t even turned the page on the controversy over contraceptives, health care and religious freedom, when another thorny one arises involving personal …

(Photo: Necromundo) Today was a big milestone for people who care about public health and a livable climate. Two utilities announced the planned closure of nine coal …

Last week Rick Santorum called the President “a snob” for wanting everyone to get a college education (in fact, Obama never actually called for universal college education but only …

In all fairness, “Inside Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown,” the Frontline documentary that debuted on US public television stations last night (February 28), sets out to accomplish an almost impossible task: …

Stephon Watts suffered from autism, but he was like other 15-year-olds in many ways. He loved to fix computers, watch YouTube and read Dr. Seuss books. On …

The course of action taken by the present-day U.S. political class in addressing the era’s rising tide of economic hardship and ecological peril has proven as helpful as tossing …

Former Gov. Mitt Romney speaking at the 2012 CPAC in Washington, DC, February 10, 2012. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Washington - Maybe Rick Santorum is helping Mitt Romney …