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The late-night infomercial time slot is typically reserved for products people later regret buying — ab rollers, Ginsu knife sets, bad classic-rock compilations. Higher education hardly seems to fit.

Atlanta, Georgia - The controversial firing of an African-American federal government employee over comments misconstrued to be racist has refocused attention on the plight of black farmers in the …

Mount Vernon, Ala. — At a sprawling landfill some 50 miles from the oil-spotted coastline, trash bags brimming with tar balls, oil-soaked boom, sand, and tangles of sea grass …

Mount Vernon, Alaska — At a sprawling landfill some 50 miles from the oil-spotted coastline, trash bags brimming with tar balls, oil-soaked boom, sand, and tangles of sea grass …

Personal attacks on freelance author and editor Francine Almash's use of subsidized daycare provoked her consideration of the social implications for all of us. Recently, a friend …

Combat Outpost Coutu, Afghanistan — The stomach turning “thud” of an exploding homemade bomb on a recent hot July afternoon blew into the small villages and across the wheat …

Iraq Combat Phase to “End,” but Troops Remain

The grassroots single-payer movement in Vermont reflects the growing belief that the fight to make health care a human right must come from the states. But will the passage …

MRAPs, sprained ankles, air conditioning, farting contests, and other snapshots from the American war in Afghanistan. In the eight years I’ve reported on Afghanistan, I’ve “embedded” regularly with Afghan …

Alyeska Pipeline, the BP-led consortium that operates the 800-mile Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), has implemented deep budget cuts, deferred work on a number of important maintenance and upgrade …