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With austerity as the guiding mantra during this budget season, researcher Neal Elliott certainly grasps the concept of a parsimonious Congress nipping and tucking its way to deficit reduction. …

Today, the US House of Representatives passed Representative Chris Smith's controversial bill, HR 3, the infamous “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.” You might remember this as the bill …

(Photo: neal..patel) By the time this article sees print, Georgia will almost certainly have set an execution date - his fourth - for Troy Anthony Davis, a …

Last Spring, the agribusiness Monsanto announced it was making a $4 million gift of seeds “to support the reconstruction effort” in Haiti. The “gift” – reportedly hybrid maize and …

Elizabeth Warren, an assistant to the president and a special adviser to the secretary of the Treasury, addresses a gathering at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington on …

Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) co-chairs on Wednesday sent a letter to President Barack Obama calling for the reduction of US troops in Afghanistan following Osama bin Laden's death. …

(Photo: Vermin Inc; Edited: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) New York - The world is drowning in corporate fraud, and the problems are probably greatest in rich countries …

He was our kind of guy until he wasn't, an ally during the Cold War until he no longer served our purposes. The problem with Osama bin Laden was …

As you probably know, the House just passed H.R. 3, and to comment on the ongoing attacks on reproductive rights - and the lie that is "the culture of …

In Massachusetts, a Democratic state legislature voted to take away public workers' right to collectively bargain over health care, in what Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, calls "A …