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Anti-terrorism measures in Iraq and hardline drug polices in Iran accounted for more than half of all reported government-sanctioned killings in 2013.

Bunny Mellon died recently at 103 and was called the “last standing American aristocrat.” Few Americans today, thanks to widening inequality will enjoy the longevity she did.

Conservative media's incessant campaign to demonize the Common Core State Standards, often confined to the right-wing bubble, is now playing out in local politics.

If the Obama administration wants to improve its relations with the region, it could start by joining the rest of the hemisphere in accepting the results of democratic elections.

The US compares unfavorably to the many European countries that succeed in limiting the influence of corporate and other money in elections.

Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert's “The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman” is a monument to the authors' lifetime of friendship and collaboration and a searing testimony of …

Sixty years ago this month the American Etao unleashed its unprecedented fury at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

John Kerry's rhetoric is divorced from the reality on the ground, where life goes on u2013 even at the barricades.

It's time for Americans, and lawmakers in Washington, to wake up, and start talking about the real causes of poverty in America, which include massive inequality produced by our …

“There's no place like home” is supposed to be a figure of speech or a memorable line in a corny song. Instead it's just a fact of life for …