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Do today's economic conservatives actually want to live in a functional society, or are they striving for an economy that runs on Monopoly Money? NPR's Planet Money recently did …

Iran's Bushehr plant will be ready to start producing nuclear power in early September after engineers began loading fuel rods into a reactor at the Russian-built factory on Saturday. …

Washington — In an election, a solid “no” usually beats an uneasy “yes, but.” That's the heart of the problem Democrats and President Obama face this fall.

The scene is post-apocalyptic. Under a gray sky, two families play in the surf just off the beach in Grand Isle, Louisiana. To get to the beach, we walk …

Jerusalem - As the Obama administration heralded a new round of face-to-face talks on Mideast peace, the abiding reaction across the region Friday was skepticism, with many expressing doubt …

The recent chaos that erupted when 30,000 people waited hours in the Atlanta, Georgia, heat to receive applications for subsidized housing is a mere symptom of a worsening national …

As marketers learn to fake climate-friendly food, how do we spot the real thing? Anna Lappé says it's a question of values.

Researchers argue the physical location of the polls not only affects how many people vote; it may also influence last-minute decisions regarding which box to mark or lever to …

“Not Written in Stone: Learning and Unlearning American History Through 200 Years of Textbooks” By Kyle Ward, The New Press, 304 pages, $22.50 paperback.

Haven't we seen this barefaced sideshow before? The GOP sabotages another Democratic president “to save America.” Predictably, racism has made wary, less culpable Obama an easier mark than wayward …