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Boston - Worldwide military spending jumped 5.9 percent in 2009 to $1.5 trillion, according to a new report that underscores the long-term decision of many countries to prioritize defense. …

Rachel Maddow: How Not to Respond to an Oil Spill (Part I) Rachel Maddow talks with Michael Bloom, Tulane University, professor of Coastal Marsh Ecology, as they look at …

Rachel Maddow: How Not to Respond to an Oil Spill (Part I) Rachel Maddow talks with Michael Bloom, Tulane University professor of coastal marsh ecology, as they look at …

Washington - BP's runaway deepwater well could still become a moneymaker for the company, even as it tries to stem the gush of crude oil that's fouling the Gulf …

Little interest in study of massive race/gender disparities. The Insight Center for Community Economic Development (3/8/10) released a stunning report about the wealth gap for women of color: Single …

After Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt delivered a national address making eight references to the “sacrifice” that would be needed in the impending war and three …

Manama, Bahrain - When Abdulkhaliq Mohammed arrived in Bahrain as a contract labourer 20 years ago, the first thing he did on setting foot in the oil-rich Gulf state …

Excluding Census workers, job growth has just kept pace with the growth in the labor force over the last 3 months.

It's heart breaking and enraging to witness the toxic assault being visited upon the wildlife and the people of the Gulf. Heart-breaking because, as a SCUBA diver, I have …

Jobbik supporters: young, web-savvy, history majors? Budapest, Hungary - From the looks of its leafy, downtown campus, Budapest's Karoli Gaspar University appears an unlikely venue to hatch a racist, …