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If Michael Moore had arrived on the film scene as a conservative Republican activist in 1989, he might be heralded by Fox News today as a major American …

“The Iranian women's movement is not simply demanding equal rights alone. It is demanding a larger universal reality, which is democracy.” - Shirin Ebadi, October 9, 2009 A …

I can't remember how many times I have said that the US military adventure in Afghanistan is a fool's errand. The reaction I frequently encounter includes some …

Iran's government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad planned a rally on the anniversary of the US Embassy takeover. But pro-democracy demonstrators staged counter-protests. Iranian police clashed violently …

No big lessons or grand narratives emerged from yesterday's off-year elections - but there were lots of interesting local stories that reveal the conflicted reality …

Capitalist ideology - according to which the market can resolve all problems - has, in these last few days, reached the apex of the absurd. We have …

Expectations about how far and how fast President Obama can escort gay Americans down the road to full equality are so high that it's easy to underappreciate …

On election night 2009, the political spin machines were working overtime. The talking heads were opining on what the results meant for the president's standing …

Broad legislation allowing for sanctions against Iran swept through the Senate Banking Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee last week with overwhelming support. The sanctions' committee passages …

Former Bush administration Attorney General John Ashcroft had a busy day in court yesterday. A federal appeals court ruled he could not be held responsible for kidnapping …