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New York - Ephese speaks rapidly, her hands sweeping the air around her for emphasis. Peach-tipped fingernails come to rest momentarily on her peach-coloured skirt as she leans forward, …

BP has been making a major public relations push over the past few weeks to burnish its image in the wake of the massive devastation it has caused in …

The South has made more progress in providing children the opportunity to attend desegregated schools. Now, sadly, it’s also the region where re-segregation is growing fastest.

Baton Rouge - Louisiana's chief oil response leader says it could be November before Unified Command puts any of the thousands of alternative cleanup products to work in an …

The American Power Act includes some strong provisions to lower consumer costs and provide access to new clean energy jobs. But it lacks a few fundamental provisions to truly …

New Delhi, India - When Sunil Mittal, the 52-year-old chairman of Bharti Enterprises, recently announced the Indian mobile company's successful acquisition of Kuwait-based Zain's African operations, he flagged off …

Public schooling is more and more being shaped by a pedagogy of containment, security and conformity that undermines critical thought.

What kind of justices do the American people want on the U.S. Supreme Court? As the country awaits the Senate’s decision on whether Elena Kagan should replace Justice John …

Next weekend will feature another milestone in the drive to cut Social Security and Medicare. The organization America Speaks will be hosting a series of 20 meetings in cities …

As a New Zealander, I was both delighted and concerned to discover that my country is considered the most peaceful in the world by the 2010 Global Peace Index …