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Washington — In a move aimed at improving national security, House Republicans want to give the U.S. Border Patrol unprecedented authority to ignore 36 environmental laws on federal land …

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Despite the Occupy Wall Street movement's now month-long direct challenge to corporate and financial industry power, the machine keeps rolling along. The 1 percent recently racked up …

San Jose - In what has been heralded as the most progressive policy in the nation, Santa Clara County today voted in a new set of guidelines for civil …

Tunis - Millions of Tunisians cast votes on Sunday for an assembly to draft a constitution and shape a new government, in a burst of pride and hope that …

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Tea Party Nation activists calls for small business to “stop hiring,” to protest Obama, Democrats. It is no easy thing …

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Registered nurses from across the U.S. today condemned Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel for his decision to arrest nurse volunteers, as well as peaceful protesters, in a late night crackdown …

Banish the image of a classic American classroom from your mind—chalkboard, desks and all. The future of education has arrived, and next-era classrooms look like, well, call centers: students …