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Defying freezing temperatures and bone-chilling winds, more than 100 people rallied January 9 in downtown Richmond, Virginia, then marched a mile and a half to the State Capitol. Winding …

As the United States takes the measure of Barack Obama's first year in the White House and looks beyond to what could be a difficult new decade, it might …

As Haiti earthquake relief efforts continue, one unit from south Florida works to free two people trapped near each other in a collapsed supermarket – and hopes it will …

Over the past couple of years, the American labor movement has become an enthusiastic supporter of expanding “green jobs” that fight global warming.

Atlanta, Georgia - With civil society gearing up for the 2010 World Social Forum, and later this summer, the 2010 U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, Michigan, activists here say …

Washington - The U.S. has spent more than $732 million to improve Afghanistan's electrical grid since 2002, but delays and rising costs have plagued many of the projects in …

A lucid look at decades of failed attempts to reach seismology's Holy Grail: the precise prediction of when earthquakes will occur. Science is messy. For every step forward on …

Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, GOP luminaries Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh have once again waded into a catastrophic tragedy with all the care and concern of hammerhead …

I am not surprised that since the economic collapse, which began in late 2007, we have not heard mention of Charles Dickens' character Mr. Merdle.

The Obama administration plans to ask Congress for an extra $33 billion to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to an Associated Press report. The $33 billion …