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When the Greeks spoke of “agora,” they meant a place for political discussion, jury trials, and a market. In other words, agora was the center of Greek life. In …

KABUL, Afghanistan — Despite scattered rocket attacks, kidnappings, and explosions, there was a tangible holiday feel in the air as polls opened Saturday morning in the Afghan capital. Shops …

Over the Labor Day weekend, the Perdido Bay Mullet Festival in Lillian, Alabama had to do something it's never had to do before — substitute catfish for mullet. Why? …

WASHINGTON — Congress will use its few remaining weeks in session before the Nov. 2 elections to debate and vote on issues that are less about legislating than they …

In this week’s address, President Obama called out the Republican leadership in Congress for defending the entrenched special interests and the status quo. After the Supreme Court overturned decades …

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Veteran equal rights activist Zoe Nicholson is no stranger to controversy. Recently, she performed an act of civil disobedience in which she yelled at the president - something, she …

As Election Day 2010 approaches – as the United States wallows in the swamps of war, recession and environmental degradation – the consequences of the nation’s three-decade-old decoupling from …

Radical deniers of global warming science are measuring the drapes in the U.S. Capitol, planning to strip seats from supporters of President Obama’s efforts to stem greenhouse gas pollution. …

A major contribution of the “inside experts” Afghanistan Study Group report (read here; send to your reps in Congress here), released last week to spur Washington debate towards de-escalating …