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(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Superrad_, Michael David Pedersen) Every part of Washington, DC, is scrambling to find some way to balance the budget and reduce …

We are witnessing an unprecedented surge in racism against Muslims in the US. There is a real fear among US Muslims that if there's a successful terrorist attack on …

For more than two years, the natural gas drilling debate has focused primarily on the use of hydraulic fracturing in horizontal wells. But expert testimony submitted for a government …

Dick Cheney is officially a wanted man. The former vice president was indicted Tuesday by Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crime Commission along with eight other current and former company …

Like many other pieces of legislation, the fate of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) rests in the hands of the lame-duck session of Congress. When the Senate Armed Services …

WikiLeaks is under concerted attack from the US government. Also under attack by the US government is the whole idea of freedom of thought and of information.

Remember when Democrats were the party of "tax and spend," confiscating the wealth of the country's hardworking people to promote progressive goals? Remember when Republicans were the steadfast fiscal …

Iran is winning and Israel is losing. That is the startling conclusion we reach if we consider how things have changed in the Middle East in the two years …

With the tax-cut deal, the Democrats lost their chance to stop the GOP from taking unfair advantage of the middle class. (Transcript below)

Tomorrow, Truthout will debut my new column: "Solutions: Making Government Work." This weekly column will be a platform for myself and others with inside experience to seek solutions to …