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The Occupy Wall Street protests have grown every day since they began two weeks ago. In the past 24 hours, they have expanded to Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and …

North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue at a highway dedication, September 26, 2011. Perdue set off a firestorm of criticism with comments to a Rotary Club meeting suggesting "...we ought …

Mugshot of Luis Posada Carriles, taken following his arrest. (Photo: Trinidad Police Department) Former Vice President Dick Cheney may have expressed the pervasive American double standard on …

Portrait of Gertrude Stein, New York, November 4, 1934. (Photo: Carl Van Vechten) Gertrude Stein was a complex, iconic, artistic figure: an experimental writer, an intellectual salon …

An Iraqi man waits in line to obtain a visa to visit Turkey at the Turkish Consulate in Erbil, Iraq, Oct. 27, 2010. Turkey’s influence is greater in northern …

The Occupy Wall Street demonstration marched on the Brooklyn Bridge, shutting down traffic. The NYPD started pushing the crowd back around the middle of the bridge. In response, the …

As the surveillance state continues to expand, the push to track the movement of individuals across state borders has also expanded. Automatic license plate recognition technology is at the …

(Photo: Michele Solmi / Flickr) What began as a bright democratic uprising in Bahrain, a part of the famed Arab Spring, has transformed into the movement's tragic …

Police in New York City have corralled and arrested protesters attempting to march across the Brooklyn Bridge, according to media reports. One woman claimed New York Police …

Prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison’s Secure Housing Unit who led a monthlong hunger strike in July say prison officials have not made good on promises to meet their …