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In the name of fighting drugs, the Obama administration has allied itself with a corrupt coup regime.

As politicians dither, the threat of default spreads from Greece to Spain and Italy.

The death of Trayvon Martin reveals the cost of criminalizing young men of color. Enough is enough.

Could litigation over the Occupy movement strengthen First Amendment rights for protesters?

As HB 87 scared away the immigrants who worked its fields, officials in Irwin County, Georgia, scrambled to fill the local detention center, the area’s biggest employer.

Outrage over the surveillance of Muslim communities must be channeled into pressure to investigate—and end—the federally funded program.

Umar Farooq on NYPD spying, Victor Navasky on Italy’s Il Manifesto, Ruth Baldwin on Anthony Shadid and Jen Marlowe on supporting the family of Troy Davis

A new report has found the Assad regime responsible for crimes against humanity. Will it do anything to stop the bloodshed?

Occupy Wall Street isn't just producing art work, it's challenging the boundaries of art and activism.

Denialists are dead wrong about the science. But they understand something the left still doesn’t get about the revolutionary meaning of climate change.