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Call me an '80s junkie, but when I saw the results of this week's closely watched Colorado election, I immediately thought of “Spaceballs.” In that Mel Brooks masterpiece, a …

Asuncion - Small-scale agriculture based on the principles of solidarity and cooperation is the only way to guarantee food sovereignty in Latin America, said peasant and indigenous activists meeting …

America’s biggest — and only major — jobs program is the U.S. military. Over 1,400,000 Americans are now on active duty; another 833,000 are in the reserves, many full …

It had been one of those mornings for West Memphis, Ark., police officers Brandon Paudert and Bill Evans. By 11:00 on May 20, they'd already spent three hours monitoring …

Tonight, President Obama hosted an iftaar dinner at the White House — a feast marking the culmination of a day of fasting for practicing Muslims during the current Islamic …

Three recent reports offer contradictory messages about women and finance. Taken together, they suggest that women’s greater financial awareness following the recent recession will take them only part way …

Arghandab, Afghanistan - Setting out on one of their final patrols in Afghanistan, the U.S. Army and Afghan soldiers waded through waist-deep streams, scampered over crumbling 9-foot-tall mud walls …

(Photo: Alvaro Canivell / Flickr; Edited: Lance Page / Truthout)Editor's Note: From the beginning of our original organizing effort, Truthout's union representative, Shannon Duffy, has supported Truthout staff throughout …

I'm a 1K flyer, meaning I fly over 100,000 miles a year with United, and consider myself fairly inured to the indignities of travel by now. But, going through …

Washington - Pro-Israeli journalist Jeffrey Goldberg's article in “The Atlantic” magazine was evidently aimed at showing why the Barack Obama administration should worry that it risks an attack by …