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The stage is set and the main actors in Congress and in the corporate establishment are ready to perform after rehearsing behind closed doors for the coming assault on …

South Africans of Indian descent are commemorating the arrival of the first indentured Indian workers here 150 years ago. In November 1860, two ships brought nearly 700 laborers from …

“The same war continues,” Denise Levertov wrote in her poem, “Life at War.” Her lament is even more appropriate for 2011 than it was when she wrote the poem …

Victoria Law is a longtime prison activist and the author of the 2009 book, “Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women” (PM Press).

One of my earliest memories is sitting on the couch with my mom as she read Charlotte's Web to me and my sister. Thinking back on the book, I …

For the coming year, rather than short-term resolutions, I'm issuing an ongoing challenge that is at once personal and political. Despite much evidence to the contrary and notwithstanding the …

With Ivory Coast's defeated incumbent president still refusing to step down, British officials have said that their country would support the use of United Nations-sanctioned military force to resolve …

Washington — Without naming names or casting blame, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. called on Republicans and Democrats Friday to put aside their differences and move more quickly …

While empires try to maintain their hegemony through economic and military prowess, they must also rely on a form of ideological legitimacy to guarantee their rule. Such legitimacy is …

On December 15, Bill of Rights Day, the uproar over body scanners had brought the Fourth Amendment to the front of the public debate. There are legitimate reasons to …