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John Fleming is a 58-year-old African American born and raised in Philadelphia who served in the Army from 1969 to 1972 maintaining nuclear weapons in silos in Germany. …

Libyan postcard artwork representing the Great Man-Made River project. (Photo: sludgegulper) Cairo - Libya’s enormous aquatic reserves could potentially become a new weapon of choice if government …

One of the least remarked upon aspects of the WikiLeaked embassy cables is the persistent focus by diplomats on the so-called “dark side of globalization”—the illicit global economy. From …

Voters in Westfield, Massachusetts, November 4, 2008. (Photo: hlkljgk) Miami - Less than 18 months before the next presidential election, Republican-controlled statehouses around the country are rewriting …

Members of the Feb. 20 Movement meet in Rabat, Morocco, on Feb. 28, 2011. The movement is trying to promote democratic institutions despite government intimidation. (Photo: Andrea Bruce / …

CRS officer at a student demonstration. (Photo: Martin Le Roy) Arizona, for Americans, has come to symbolize anti-immigrant hysteria codified into law. Under its highly controversial terms, …

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, speaks to reporters in Washington on Wednesday, April 1, 2009. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York …

Something very interesting is happening in Spain. Last Sunday, thousands of Spanish citizens and immigrants walked the streets of all the main cities in the country, sending the clear …

(Photo: Markus Reuter / Flickr) While Congress bickers and the president dithers, roads are crumbling, bridges are failing, dams are cracking and water and sewer systems are …

Bob Dylan turned seventy [earlier this week]. The following essay is adapted from The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame, which Nation …