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(Image: AK Press) Why are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform Edited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore …

Picture taken in Sénégal, Western Africa. A tap locked in order to limit the usage of water. (Photo: nitot) San Rafael, California — There hasn’t been much …

Washington - As if bankrupt American Airlines didn't have enough problems, along comes consumer advocate Ralph Nader — who's really steamed that for a flight Saturday to Dallas/Fort Worth …

Yesterday, 49 states joined the federal government in announcing a $26 billion settlement with five of the nation’s biggest banks over the banks’ foreclosure fraud abuses. The money from …

Atrazine is an herbicide primarily manufactured by the multinational conglomerate Syngenta and commonly used on commodity crops, forests, and golf courses. Its potential harmful effects on human health have …

Occupy Wall Street has changed the conversation about the distribution of wealth, and an economic framework which for decades, has been taken for granted. So what now? What policy …

Beirut, Lebanon - Explosions in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo struck two targets associated with the military and police early on Friday, Syrian state television reported, as the …

(Photo: Chester Paul Sgroi / Flickr) After months of painstaking talks, government authorities and five of the nation’s biggest banks have agreed to a $26 billion settlement …

For almost two years, we’ve been hearing a new battle cry in the war against government spending: unless the United States slashes deficits we will become Greece, Europe’s poster …

On January 23rd, the Obama administration charged former CIA officer John Kiriakou under the Espionage Act for disclosing classified information to journalists about the waterboarding of al-Qaeda suspects. His …