Environment

Washington - The wounded are especially dangerous fighters. President Obama now occupies the high ground in the debt-ceiling debate, having called the Republicans' bluff on the debt. He showed …

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) speaks at a press conference about the federal budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 27, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The …

Global warming is no longer a fear for the future, it’s threatening human civilization now. But a good portion of humanity doesn’t seem that concerned. On this edition, part …

As we noted recently, one of the charges that policymakers seeking radical changes in Medicaid have leveled against the program is that Medicaid coverage is worse than no coverage. …

Baghdad - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta pressured Prime Minister Nuri Kamal-al Maliki of Iraq on Monday to tell the United States whether he wanted some American troops to …

When it comes to the struggle against Israel's policies of oppression there are two conflicting levels: that of government and that of civil society. The most recent example of …

Prisoners at Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Ariz., Oct. 16, 2009. (Photo: Monica Almeida / The New York Times) After last week’s breakthrough in mitigating the damage …

(Photo: emperley3) Just a few years ago, a powerful ideology – the belief in free and unfettered markets – brought the world to the brink of ruin. …

Demonstrators board the American boat, “The Audacity of Hope”. (Photo: Nadia Shira Cohen / The New York Times) If you share in the project of reforming US …