Latest

Bear with me. I'll get to the oil. But first you have to understand where I've been and where you undoubtedly won't go, but Shell's drilling rigs surely will …

This article was published in Fohla de São Paulo, Brazil's largest circulation newspaper, on May 25, 2010. The English version appears below; the Portuguese version is here Em Português.

With this brief quote, the speaker, the Rev. John Ehrich, medical ethics director for the Diocese of Phoenix, deserves credit for achieving a twofer in a recently revived (if …

Rosario, Argentina - "Violence against women is not only domestic, it also happens in the streets. Not having the right to feel safe in a city square or at …

We must take matters of education seriously if we are going to survive as a democracy.

The discriminatory “don't ask, don't tell” policy governing the presence of gays and lesbians in the military could be repealed, as President Obama reached a deal with key Democrats …

Is New York hosting a historic event? Are the imposing United Nations headquarters witnessing intensive discussions of an international treaty that may prove a turning point in the human …

America has this long tradition of twisted, odd, widely beloved and yet darkly dangerous right-wing cultural impresarios that pop up out of our landscape like cultural tornadoes, leaving huge …

A new report to be released this week will detail inappropriate behavior by federal regulators charged with oversight of drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from conducting …

“Watch what we do, not what we say.” (Famous Republican advice.) The Reagan Revolution was first and foremost about cutting the taxes paid by the rich and corporations. Now, …