Politics

France sends 1,000 troops into the Central African Republic as violence continues to escalate.

Statewide polls show strong majority of New Yorkers, including republicans, support fixing marijuana possession laws; NY lags behind neighboring states in marijuana reform

Events strongly suggest Steny Hoyer, Democratic minority whip in the House, was considering signing on to a bill by Republican Eric Cantor that would have undermined a potential diplomatic …

Corporate conservatives want special rules that let them privatize profits and socialize losses.

William Rivers Pitt: "It should be safe to treat people like Ted Cruz and Ted Yoho as walking absurdities. I want to laugh. I really do. Doing so, however, …

The FCC is expected to decide whether to allow cellphone use on planes. Is that a good thing?

Former South African president and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95. South African President Jacob Zuma announced Mandela's death Thursday saying, "Our nation has …

The Obama administration's B-52 flights over the disputed Senkaku Islands last month highlight the importance of making the Asia-Pacific “pivot” a diplomatic - not military - exercise.

Given that neocons are agitating for new Congressional sanctions on Iran now in the hopes that this will sink recent diplomatic success, shouldn't Senator Elizabeth Warren be speaking out …

Yemenis might find themselves back on the street, repeating the original demands that echoed in the countryu2019s many impoverished cities, streets and at every corner.