Politics & Elections

Calls for US military action in Iraq and Syria in response to the tragic killings of westerners ignore the wider context of instability in the Middle East.

Getting to the polls is just the first step.

Lack of poll workers and low numbers of voting machines are key contributors to long voting lines, and precincts with more minorities experienced longer waits, according to a new …

After thousands of years of bloody wars among contending tribes, regions, and nations, is it finally possible to dispense with the chauvinist ideas of the past?

It is the sign of a sick country when the people worship authority.

The occupation of another nation, against its will, must also be a war crime, yes?

Today, 11 September 2014, imagine a world we could have before us if we had then responded with humility instead of bravado.

Today's historic vote will be remembered as an important moment in the democracy movementu2019s successful effort to win a constitutional amendment to rescue our elections.

President Obama's Wednesday night address on the Islamic State reintroduced a war weary nation to more violent intervention in Iraq, another war weary nation.

Like layers of an onion, ISIS supporters can be carefully peeled away. But not if Obama goes into Syria and Iraq with a mallet.