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Sydney - Germany will close down all of its nuclear power plants by 2022, according to reports out Monday, as fallout from Japan’s disaster continues more than two months …

President Obama announced that “justice has been done.” Many did not agree – even close allies.

While we have been frantically playing defense against relentless assaults on multiple fronts, from anti-union legislation to draconian anti-choice laws to the attempted privatization of Medicare, the selling off …

Protesters in Calaca, Batangas Philippines with banners reading “NO to Calaca Coal Power Plant!” (Photo: 350.org) In the United States and Europe, the triple whammy of recession, …

“Another friend committed suicide after coming home from Iraq. I spoke at his funeral today.” The voice on the phone is that of a friend. This friend …

Last Monday, May 23rd, Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board (GAB), the state's top election agency, officially certified [PDF] the controversial results of the extraordinarily close April 5th statewide Supreme Court …

(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) How bad will it be if we don’t manage to raise the debt ceiling in the United States? …

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) This week, I will take a break from my Solutions column series on the Department of Defense (DoD) to report on some …

Patrons of a cafe in Cairo talk as President Barack Obama speaks on the U.S. role in the Middle East on May 19, 2011. Obama spoke broadly about the …

Billionaires are different from you and me for obvious reasons, including the fact that they buy much pricier baubles than we do. A sleek car costing $100,000? …