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

We do not care a whit about their human rights as long as they satiate our unbridled appetites.

Judging by his advisers, Romney would embrace Bush’s unilateral interventionism and massive military budgets.

A campaign that brought together African-Americans and undocumented workers stopped an anti-immigrant bill in its tracks.

The texting, globe-trotting secretary of state has become the Post-Teen Choice Favorite. But memification carries its own pitfalls.

The US bombing of a Pakistani border outpost, US drone attacks and Pakistani support for the Taliban—all threaten to destroy the chances for a peaceful US-NATO exit from Afghanistan.

The newest UN agency, once hailed as the best hope for action on women’s rights, fell short of money and power this year.

As the secretary of state makes a historic trip to the southeast Asian nation, what is at stake?

The moment couldn't have been more ripe for a real advance in the fight against climate change.

Punitive yet salvific, austerity is the ideology of a country that has turned against its own culture.