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Support Truthout’s work by making a tax-deductible donation: click here to contribute. Congressman Ron Paul has announced that he will no longer be using resources to campaign in primary …

Last week, I was invited to speak to 40 high school freshman about human rights. When we discussed the right to be free from torture, I asked the students …

The video was originally taken by a documentary filmaker in January 2011

President Barack Obama delivering a speech at a conference at the Washington Hilton in April. (Photo: Luke Sharrett / The New York Times)Edward Luce says what many of us …

President Barack Obama takes the stage at a campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio, May 5, 2012. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times)Since the housing bubble burst, Nevada …

During this year’s election, political analysts estimate as much as $5 billion will be spent on TV campaign advertising. Now, a new ruling by the Federal Communication Commission requires …

According to a new report from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, four super PACs spent over half of their advertising budgets on deceptive ads in the Republican presidential primary. …

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. (Photo: Max Whittaker / The New York Times)Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) is facing a recall election after he pushed through legislation last year that …

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, April 27, 2012. (Photo: Ty William Wright / The New …

Washington - It is a seemingly immutable law of modern Republican rhetoric that the word"regulation" can never appear unadorned by the essential adjective:"job-killing." As in nominee-in-waitingMitt Romney, after winning …