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Keystone XL or local infrastructure: What government budget priorities best reflect democratic concerns and create long-term jobs?

Thomas Friedman once said the hidden hand of the market needs the hidden fist of the military. The TPP and the Obama administration's Pacific Pivot pack both.

Nick Turse: Since September 11, 2001, US Special Operations forces have grown in every conceivable way, from their numbers to their budget.

Tom Engelhardt: When I check the latest news on Washington's global war-making, I regularly find at least one story that fits a category that I call: What Could Possibly …

2013 was the driest year on record in California and no relief from the drought is in sight.

Rob Lorei speaks with Henry A Giroux, columnist for Truthout.org and author who says the state of US today has turned into an authoritarian one.

For those of us who are not landowners and don't have the economic means to purchase and then free land, there are still many actions we can participate in …

While the media in general has recently taken much criticism, for trivializing news and other flaws, the science media has somehow escaped serious attention.

The US has a long history of big, publicly funded infrastructure projects undermined by inadequate taxation and a lurch to privatization that is disastrous.

Dow Chemical has engineered corn and soy seeds to be resistant to several herbicides, but researchers say fighting weeds with tougher chemicals is not a sustainable solution.