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Cairo - Egyptians have demonstrated in protests rare in size and ferocity against the three-decade rule of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. “Down, Down with Mubarak,” thousands chanted in downtown …

According to Robin Marty of Care2.org, today's young whippersnappers are snorting bath salts and plant food to get their kicks. I knew I was getting old when I had …

In another misstep of the historic failure of Plan Colombia and the US supported War on Drugs, Colombia is training thousands of Mexican soldiers, police and court officials in …

A truly amazing thing has happened in banking. After the worst financial crisis in 75 years sparked the “Great Recession,” we have

In his State of the Union speech, President Obama made a mercifully quick stop in the Neverland of U.S. trade policy, promising – again – to double U.S. exports …

Last night's State of the Union address boils down to one point: In a cutthroat world, America has lost its edge. We're dull, and the Chinese are sharp. They …

This January, the House Rhetoricians of the 112th Congress started their climate denialist work with great passion.

Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. -Langston Hughes, “Democracy,” 1949

The success of a throng of Tunisian protesters who toppled Ben Ali, the seemingly unshakable dictator, caught the world off guard. Events quickly unfolded after a street vendor in …

Congressman Anthony Weiner talks with Rachel Maddow Congressman Paul Ryan’s elevation to Republican Party spokesman and whether, for all the talk of civility, there can be any expectation of …