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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.

Remember postindustrialism? Not long ago, this catchphrase was supposed to define America's future: no more grubby hard industries, just a clean bright world of services and high technology. Its …

From grocery stores and bakeries to bike shops and day care centers, worker-owned cooperatives are gaining popularity across the country. Unlike the profit-at-any-cost capitalist model, co-ops put people and …

With 3-1/2 months left before a United Nations climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, the spade work ahead of the meeting seems to be turning up more boulders than a …

Washington - Flying back to Washington from Pensacola, Fla., on June 15, President Obama and the man he put in charge of handling the Gulf oil spill, retired Coast …