The wars stoked up by American and European imperialism in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq have contributed to what could possibly be the largest refugee crisis…

Host Dave Lindorff and his guest, Dr. Jess Guh, the newest member of the ThisCantBeHappening.net online news collective, talk about Mumia Abu-Jamal's court battle in…

"Many doctors overprescribe painkillers because they have relationships with pharmaceutical companies and they get pay offs," said James Petras, a professor emeritus of sociology atBinghamton University in Binghamton,…

Scientists' reports about global warming are becoming more and more pessimistic. Will rising sea levels, drought, crop failure and water wars become so severe that…

After an initial rise following the decision by the US Federal Reserve to lift interest rates by 0.25 percentage points on Wednesday, stock markets around…

In the third Democratic presidential primary debate Saturday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) apologized to his supporters and to Hillary Clinton for his campaign’s accessing of…

he spoke first and she spoke last, she occupied center-stage throughout the entire ABC Debate Production Show. She was scripted as the star of the…

If you missed the third democratic debate, don't worry, you are not alone: the President himself had much more important pursuits to attend to when…

Free Your Mind! Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say! See who salutes when you run your insightful opinions and ideas up the Leid…

We all know about miracles but maybe we have to help them along. Tobin Blake was called on when his daughter's boyfriend was given no…

The business model for bringing lucrative new pharmaceutical drugs to market includes very robust marketing budgets, and 9 out of 10 pharmaceutical companies spend more on…

Readers of USA Today, the LA Times and Atlantic Monthly might expect that prominent university professors quoted as independent experts on obesity would relay objective…