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Oakland, California - Cesar Cota was the first in his family to attend college. “Now it's hard to achieve my dream,” he says, "because the state put higher fees …

Boston - If you ever wondered why God invented the delete button, let me pass along the e-mail that arrived on the wings of various listservs directed at the …

Arizona community activists and religious leaders are trying to mitigate fears over a new law that would require state employees to denounce undocumented immigrants. “There's panic in the community,” …

Activists and U.N. officials celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) say the treaty has been an increasingly …

As delegates for climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, prepare to craft the outlines of a new global-warming treaty, a controversy over the hacked e-mails of some climate researchers is …

As India prepares to roll out the red carpet to multinational corporations cashing in on the country's nuclear deals with the US and others, a painful reminder has come …

The decision has been made. The months of meetings and briefings are over. Tuesday night, the president made it official: 30,000 more American troops to Afghanistan. Along with Friday's …

Under our constitutional democracy, Congress has the power and the responsibility to establish a policy on President Obama's plans to send 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan, and, if …

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced their support for President Obama's proposed troop escalation in Afghanistan but cautioned Wednesday that a failure may have …

Government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) on Wednesday asked the Senate Select Committee on Ethics to investigate senators' failure to abide by a provision …