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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 …

Felix Kramer, founder of the California Cars Initiative, was a keynoter at a recent Houston energy conference sponsored by Rice University’s Baker Institute and ConocoPhillips. Here is the message …

If Time magazine had any inkling of sense, it would name the Nini the person of the year for 2010. Just what, you might ask, is a Nini? Adopted …

For almost 40 years, the United States has waged a war on its own citizens who have used marijuana as a part of a drug culture originally encouraged by …

[Drafted with Jeremy Brecher] The climate denial lobby behind Proposition 23 in California argues they're fighting to protect jobs by overturning what they like to call California's "Job Killing …

Rio de Janeiro - Brazilians face an unfamiliar ballot today when they enter polling booths to elect a new president. For the first time since the end of the …

Washington - The march toward domesticating the last wild food source may be about to take a major step forward in Washington - for better or worse. Following a …