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Baratunde Thurston is usually one of our favorite comedians, but even he couldn't bring himself to laugh at the ugly spectacle of a privileged white man like Donald Trump …

When the current economic crisis hit Europe in 2008, small countries on the periphery were its first victims: Iceland, Ireland, and Latvia. Within a year it had spread to …

In the drab guise of the “long-form” birth certificate signed and filed in Hawaii on Aug. 8, 1961, Americans were offered proof Wednesday that their president is a legitimate …

The nation’s main firefighters’ union, long a strong supporter of Democratic candidates, announced on Tuesday that it would indefinitely suspend all contributions to federal candidates out of frustration with …

I'm feeling pretty guilty. I hadn't known I was causing billionaires so much suffering. The former co-chair of President Obama's deficit (aka catfood) commission just asked me during a …

April 2011 marked the anniversary of the two most seminal events in American history. Naturally enough, both involve violence.

Schooling is the main target for a simple reason: In the United States public schools account for 50 percent of the state and local budgets and are subject to …

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After releasing his certificate of live birth, which is signed by Hawaii state officials and his mother, President Barack Obama speaks to the media at the White House in …

Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister of Turkey, at the World Economic Forum in 2007. (Photo: World Economic Forum / Flickr) Vienna - In a study released in early …