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North Korea's Kim Jong-il gave son Kim Jong-un a military as well as a political role. The emphasis on military appointments in the politburo fortifies the “military-first policy.” Seoul, …

Washington, DC - Last week as I sat in a live TV audience before President Obama, a recent graduate posed a question. Struggling to pay interest on student loans …

Dublin - The last time I was here in Ireland, eight years ago, the Celtic Tiger was still roaring. The country had zoomed from poverty to wealth, enjoying an …

2009 was a year of accelerating economic pain and loss, according to US Census data released today. Although the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) tells us that the …

Groups across the political spectrum have seized the momentum of election season, with rallies and marches becoming ever more ubiquitous as November rapidly approaches. Recent marches receiving the most …

Yesterday's election for 165 representatives in the National Assembly is significant but unlikely to bring about major change in Venezuela, despite the opposition having done better than expected. As …

One thing that comes through clearly in Bob Woodward's new book, “Obama's Wars,” is the contempt felt by Gen. David Petraeus, commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, …

You might know independent policy researcher, historian, journalist, activist, political commentator and speaker Paul Street because you've read one (or more) of his five books: …

One of five soldiers accused by the Army of involvement in the premeditated killings of Afghan civilians is scheduled to appear before a military judge today - on the …

A new AFL-CIO report shows that more than 13,000 of the truly heroic firefighters, police, and other rescuers who were the first to rush to the scene of the …