Since 9/11 the US government has spent more than 1.5 trillion dollars on the War on Terror. Fourteen nations have been bombed or attacked by…

The monarch butterfly is a wonderful creature with an amazing story. In late summer, monarchs in southern Canada and the U.S. northeast take flight, travelling over 5,000 kilometres…

Every day, thousands of people need donated blood. But only blood without A- or B-type antigens, such as type O, can be given to all…

More than one in four U.S. renters have to use at least half their family income to pay for housing and utilities. That's the finding…

Is the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) / Islamic State (IS) / Al-Dawlah Al-Islamiyah fe…

As progressives, we have a huge job in front of us in the fight for economic justice. But our leaders are trying to do their…

President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Obama: You have taken a strong across-the-board position favoring the…

Thousands of families whose homes were destroyed by Hurricane Sandyare being ordered to repay some of the compensation they received from the government. The Federal Emergency…

It’s no secret that the U.S. is most certainly not the most loved country in the world because of its government’s long history of highly…

Ecclesiastes says there is a time to be silent and a time to speak. The fortieth anniversary of the ugly end of the U.S. adventure in Vietnam…

The firefighters are primed, hoses at the ready. May and June are often the peak months for forest fires in the southwest of the US,…

Prominent American historian Stephen Cohen believes that Ukraine is the epicenter of a global geopolitical transformation, and that the world as it existed before the…