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The veteran LGBT activist is fighting for an Assembly seat in California, but she faces tough opposition from a current representative who moved into her district and who is backed by Speaker John Perez.

For Albert Cossery, the world is split between those who respect a cause and those who don’t give a tinker's damn.

Progressives adore her. Conservatives despise her. But it's Massachusetts' fickle independents who'll decide her high-stakes showdown with Scott Brown.

A war on Iran to stop its nuclear program would bring on a proliferation catastrophe.

The use of food as a weapon during World War II.

The horrific prison fire in Comayagua is only the latest deadly outcome of the larger politically driven firestorm that is post-coup Honduras today.

Have copyright laws failed?

After months of political upheaval and chaos in the bond markets, few investors believe austerity programs are a route to growth and debt reduction.

As Seattle police chief in 1999, my disastrous response to the WTO protests should have been a cautionary tale. Yet our police forces have only become more militarized.

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