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Michael Blanding on the Vermont Yankee power plant, Greg Kaufman on wage theft in Florida and John Nichols on Bernie Sanders's fight to save the USPS

Ignoring the signs of dire need, the government is slashing its housing budget.

Occupy has resonated here, drawing hundreds of people to demonstrations. This month, Florida will be home to the first-ever Occupy convention.

Cables made available by WikiLeaks show how disaster capitalists sought "opportunity" in the devastated country.

An unlikely grassroots coalition is keeping residents in their homes, one property at a time.

Remembering a 1950s radical who developed his values, critical thinking and world view in a time when non-conforming was rare.

For justice to be served, Attorney José Pertierra says that Posada Carriles ought to be extradited.

The Cuban exile has a long record of terror, but his trial, starting today, is on lesser charges.

Obama was just beginning to repair US-UN relations. Now that Republicans have taken back the House, resurgent cold warriors and neo-isolationists could make 2011 a risky year for internationalism.

If Obama is looking for a reason to scale back his foreign policy ambitions, the GOP takeover of the House is the perfect excuse.