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On December 3, 2009, the cable giant Comcast announced plans to buy NBC/Universal from General Electric in a $28 billion merger. Ever since, lawmakers in Washington and legions of …

Commercial fishing communities in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida have united to demand that local, state and federal agencies force BP to discontinue the use of toxic dispersants and …

Kigali, Rwanda - It took until almost 4 a.m. Tuesday for the National Electoral Commission to release the first batch of preliminary results for the Rwanda election. But everyone …

If there were any doubts about the health of the economy, two reports issued in the last ten days should have eliminated them. First the second quarter GDP showed …

Civilian casualties have increased by nearly 31 percent in the first six months of the year, according to a United Nations report, with the majority of deaths caused by …

Editor’s Note: Zach Carter is out this week, but we’ve compiled a rundown of the biggest economy-related stories, including the rise of foreclosure mills and why social security isn’t …

“Be The One,” a campaign urging citizens to petition the Congress toward passing and funding a comprehensive Gulf Coast restoration plan, has drawn criticism from some who point to …

By 2050, the United States will be majority nonwhite. Latinos, blacks, Asians, and other “minorities” will constitute approximately 54 percent of our population, according to Census projections. We must …

A military judge on Monday ruled that self-incriminating statements made to US interrogators could be admitted as evidence in the war crimes trial of an Al Qaeda operative accused …

Conservatives like to say that taxes are theft. In fact it is tax cuts that are theft because they break a long-standing contract.