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Kabul, Afghanistan - For the second time in as many days, a suicide bomber used an Afghan National Security uniform to elude early detection and approach his target, killing …

(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Nilton Kodama / Flickr) Weeks of highly publicized debates - some in Congress, more in the mass media - brought Republicans …

The Republican budget is so loony it's even scaring the right-wing nuts! How often does that happen? The Republicans are voting on their budget plan this week. …

President Barack Obama, in the Rose Garden at the White House, prepares to speak at a press conference about the disasters in Japan, March 17, 2011. (Doug Mills / …

(Photo: Mecki Mac / Flickr) This spring, as he did last year amid conspicuously little fanfare, President Obama stands ready to sign into law a bill reauthorizing …

When it comes to ubiquitous symbols of mass American culture, the 1999 movie “Fight Club” aptly reminded us that bland Ikea furniture is now on par with Mom and …

Michelle Rhee, the former Chancellor of DC Public Schools (DCPS), is the face of what needs to be called corporate education reform. The premises of corporate education reform are: …

Obama Says No Let-Up in Libya Until Qaddafi Is Gone Along with English Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama committed Friday to pursuing …

When my husband and I set out to find a nursery school for our daughter, Faith, nearly ten years ago we took the decision seriously. I looked at large …