Environment

Texas Governor Rick Perry. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Orlando, Fla. - Is Rick Perry about to lose his momentum toward the Republican presidential nomination? …

Washington - An impasse between the House and Senate over a bill to keep the government open after Sept. 30 and provide aid to natural disaster victims deepened Friday …

The headline above is not what GOP congressional leaders actually said today to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, but they might just as well have used that precise …

(Photo: K Latham / Flickr) The roots of today's toxic conservative movement lie in Ayn Rand's teaching that wealthy “producers” — now called “job creators” — should …

Supporters of Troy Davis react to news of his execution across the road from the prison where the execution took place in Jackson, Georgia, September 21, 2011. Davis was …

I’m reminded of how Chinese premier Zhou EnLai supposedly answered a question in 1972 about the significance of the French Revolution. “Too early to tell,” was his reputed reply; …

Washington - U.S. Special Operations Forces have been increasingly aiming their night-time raids, which have been the primary cause of Afghan anger at the U.S. military presence, at civilian …

Washington - Have you noticed that one of the Obama administration's most successful programs is also its most “socialist” initiative? OK, the bailout of General Motors and …

Truthout is offering “Killing the Cranes: A Reporter's Journey Through Three Decades of War in Afghanistan” for a minimum one-time donation of $35, or a monthly commitment of $15 …

Heinz Award recipient Sandra Steingraber. (Photo: Dede Hatch) I'm thrilled to receive a Heinz Award in recognition of my research and writing on environmental health. This is …