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A boat wades through the oily waters of the Gulf of Mexico, on June 16, 2010. The water has an iridescent rainbow sheen from the dispersant used to …

BP Makes Big Contribution to GOP Leaders ThinkProgress reports that oil company British Petroleum (BP) broke a self-imposed freeze on political contributions to make big donations to …

(Image: Haymarket Books) “There are no shortcuts in politics,” bellowed a respected, much-older labor veteran as we young militants sat around hoping to pick up a few …

Just days before the recent earthquake struck Japan, a controversy erupted over comments attributed to Kevin Maher, the head of the State Department’s Japan Desk. In news reports that …

The difficult task of pumping highly radioactive water out of the basement of a turbine building at a damaged Japanese nuclear power plant began Tuesday, but officials cautioned that …

Leading Israeli politicians have claimed that Israel's conduct has been vindicated, distorting Justice Goldstone's op-ed so comprehensively that Amnesty International excoriated the Israeli spin as being "based on a …

How will the next generation of seniors pay for health care if Republicans privatize Medicare? The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) suggests some options in a darkly funny ad …

They're the lone source of free computer and internet access in most communities, allowing the unemployed to search for jobs, learn computer skills and spruce up their resumes. Millions …

President Barack Obama has launched his 2012 re-election campaign and is promoting increased investment in clean-energy technologies, and the success of these investments is growing increasingly important. Investments in …

While much of what has come to be known as “the Arab Spring” remains a work in progress, there can be no doubt that a new dynamic has been …