Politics

Victory for Abe Shinzo and his Liberal Democratic Party in two consecutive general elections opened the way for Japan to move closer to the policies of the United States …

Senator Patrick Leahy and Congressman Peter DeFazio sent a strongly worded letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack criticizing the recent power grab usurping power from the National Organic Standards …

Four decades of neoliberal policies have resulted in an economic Darwinism that promotes privatization, commodification, free trade and deregulation, Henry Giroux writes in the introduction to his book.

With mountains of knowledge, why aren't we better at setting up our society in a way that helps us to prosper? Unfortunately, ours is increasingly designed by politicians indebted …

Americans are buying into politicians like Hilary Clinton, despite their moral transgressions.

One Tennessee new law proposes to bring back the electric chair should lethal injection drugs prove unavailable. The other would allow for criminal assault charges to be brought against …

What's a 6-year continuation of war in the Graveyard of Empires sans Ahmad Shah Massoud, when Leave it to Beaver looking dresses are flying off the shelves and J. …

Alvaro Garcia Linera, 51, is seen as the “right hand man” of Bolivia's leftist President Evo Morales.

The fight for a living wage intensifies.

Political corruption will destroy the world. We have the means to eradicate it using today's technology. All that is lacking is the political will, as the people who could …