By, Adam Nagourney, Jack Healy, and Nelson D. Schwartz, New York Times LOS ANGELES — For more than a century, California has been the state…

by Vetwife, Daily Kos This is surreal in almost mind boggling consequences.   Pretty soon the only children attending public school will be the poorest…

by Chris Wright, Counter Punch The public debate over government surveillance that was, if not inaugurated, at least intensified by the publication of documents provided…

by SquareForceOne, Daily Kos No one in American life today proclaims their allegiance to Christ more conspicuously than those who have rejected most of what…

by Ian Blohm, Oriental Review Despite attempts to portray the work of the “big three” as globally oriented, the rating agencies maintain a close link…

by, Michael Payne,  Nation of Change America, without question, is drowning in a sea of debt, barely holding its head above water. There is the…

Listen to what Beatty has to say about seeking mental health treatment and what she learned at a recent dinner at Union Theological Seminar in…

'Marcellus shale waste is the elephant in the room that gas operators and regulators alike ignore,' says environmentalist by Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams A slew…

This is surreal in almost mind boggling consequences.   Pretty soon the only children attending public school will be the poorest of the poor and…

Under the guise of “restoring trust” between communities and police departments that have been militarized by the federal government, the Obama administration's Justice Department announced this month that…

by MARIA PAEZ VICTOR, Counter Punch Obama is not in Kansas anymore, but he does not seem to know it. Latin America no longer slavishly…

In a stunning but little-known speech delivered in 2007, Gen. Wesley K. Clark claimed that America underwent a ‘policy coup' at the time of the…