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In the language of urbanism, “greenfields” usually means rural land at the metropolitan edge, where suburbia metastasizes. “Brownfields” are former industrial sites that could be redeveloped once they are …

Washington - It's been not quite two months' time since Republicans won a sweeping midterm victory, and already they seem divided, embattled and — not to mince words — …

In spite of an ongoing, grim economic downturn felt nationally, the city of Oakland continues to enjoy a beatification, resurrection and transformation which has turned a rather neglected, desolate …

It seems that in the United States, our perception of history has changed in the wake of the Great Recession. J. Bradford DeLong, a professor of economics at the …

In the first-person voice of Abdulai, a 15-year-old Afghan boy, whose father was killed by the Taliban: "The place where I live is the worst place on earth …

The two greatest visions of a future dystopia were George Orwell’s “1984” and Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.” The debate, between those who watched our descent towards corporate totalitarianism, …

Paris - Wikileaks cables have revealed a disturbing development in the African uranium mining industry: abysmal safety and security standards in the mines, nuclear research centres, and border customs …

WikiLeaks Shows DEA Has Global Reach

Fallujah, Iraq - Suicide bombers struck outside government offices in western Iraq on Monday morning, killing 14 people and wounding dozens in a pair of attacks that were the …

There was plenty of disappointment and hardship this year. But the year also brought opportunities for transformation. It was a tough year. The economy continued its so-called jobless recovery …