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To Ronald Reagan, the apartheid regime in South Africa was a valuable cold war ally.

Why don't voters know more about Obama's accomplishments?

At the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, social and political commentary did shine through absurdism and acts of showmanship.

Who really wins out when the government's spending? Often, it's the rich.

How we can break our addiction to oil. With contributions from Michael T. Klare, Christian Parenti, Mark Hertsgaard and Christine MacDonald.

The Tea Party’s guide to American exceptionalism: It is all about race.

The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel joins a panel discussion and takes a look back on the past decade, which some are calling "the worst ever."

The eerie confluence of the tales of two convicted mass murderers, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and William Calley--and their fates.

Roy Cohn was one of the most loathsome characters in American history, so why did he have so many influential friends?

Everyone is fussing about the departure of Walter Cronkite from the CBS Evening News--everyone that is except Cronkite.