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The nearly $1 trillion national security budget.

The first Feminist General Assembly is a model for how OWS can—and can’t—work alongside established social movements.

Political watchdogs like PolitiFact and the Washington Post's "Fact-Checker" are accused of favoring Democrats—but it is the facts themselves that have a liberal bias.

On staring death in the face and not noticing.

Spending the same money on education, or clean energy, would bring many more jobs—among other benefits.

On the history of the US economy in decline.

At the first International Drone Summit, advocates call for transparency and an end to the US policies that rain terror from the sky.

A planet connected by wild weather.

Total debt now exceeds $1 trillion. We should write off existing debt and make public college free.

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