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Israel and Hamas have reached a tentative agreement on a proposal brokered by Egypt to exchange Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held captive for more than five years, …

Does environmental protection destroy jobs? That may be the strongest argument that the pro-pollution lobby has going for it. No one wants to endorse dirty air and water in …

Displaced Colombian farmers on the road looking for work in the sugar cane fields of Cauca. A free trade agreement will increase the number of farmers displaced by grain …

Washington - President Barack Obama hasn’t managed to nudge Congress toward approving his proposed jobs bill or the tax increases to pay for it, but his campaign says he’s …

A US Army scientist stands near the letters used in the 2001 anthrax attacks. (Photo courtesy of FBI) Months after the anthrax mailings that terrorized the nation …

Federal authorities foiled a plot by men linked to the Iranian government to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States and to bomb the embassies of Saudi Arabia …

(Image: JR / Truthout) In researching this book, I ran across an astonishing piece of writing from our nation’s early years. It’s a fitting prologue for this …

If we want to bring jobs and wealth back to the United States for the 99% of us who have been under extreme pressure we're going to have to …

It’s almost bedtime here in London, but Facebook is up and at it. Almost every post that appears in my news feed is about #occupywallstreet, and old and new …

Despite ten years of occupation and untold millions of dollars spent on rebuilding Afghanistan’s broken judicial and criminal justice system, the Afghan courts are “still too weak,” the Washington …