Latest

Palestinian leaders say continued settlement expansion in the West Bank could halt peace talks by the end of the week. Is an acceptable compromise in the works?

Bob Woodward's “Obama's Wars” offers a disturbing account of President Barack Obama's lack of leadership and the flawed decision-making practices of his national security team. Although Woodward never explicitly …

For many powerful GOP operatives and allied fundraisers, the luncheon last April felt like one part reunion and one part strategy summit for the fall. In reality, the get-together …

It's easy to spot progressive activists these days. Just look at their hands. Redder than radishes from all that hand-wringing over whether Democrats will bother to vote in next …

Last week’s grotesque revelation about American public health doctors infecting nearly 700 Guatemalans with venereal disease to test penicillin from 1946-48 marked just the start of the U.S. government’s …

When Barry Goldwater ran for president as a genuine conservative back in 1964 he was often labeled as an “extremist.” His campaign responded to this criticism with the slogan: …

Washington - With Congress stalled on whether to repeal “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” some proponents of eliminating the long-standing prohibition on gays and lesbians in the military now believe …

You can't make nothing out of something. That's what I'm stuck on now that the ruptured Macondo well has been killed. And I don't mean just that BP along …

In August, Truthout conducted soil and water sampling in Pass Christian Harbor, Mississippi; on Grand Isle, Louisiana; and around barrier islands off the coast of Louisiana, in order to …

Congress is gearing up to cut food stamp benefits in order to fund a new child nutrition bill—a move that Joel Berg, executive director of the New York City …