Recessions hurt, but austerity kills. Despite assurances by financial elites that austerity economics is a prescription to improve the lives of the…

The Chilean student movement roared back to life on Thursday, with organizers and media outlets reporting that hundreds of thousands of people…

Asked to put aside the obstacles of political reality or feasibility and simply offer his unadulterated advice to the nation of Cyprus,…

The small town of Waterford, Maine over the weekend became the third town in the state to pass a resolution declaring opposition…

As across-the-board federal budget cuts go into effect and the "real pain" predicted by economists and policy experts begins to creep into…

The world's largest food and beverage companies may be profitable, but according to Oxfam International their practices are helping to destroy not…

The day after two new opinion polls revealed overwhelming public support for "significant action on tackling climate change"—and several days ahead of…

The profits of the world's one hundred most wealthy individuals last year would be enough to wipe out world poverty, says a…

Opponents of the nation's relentless push for standardized testing in public schools have new champions in Seattle this week as teachers at…

A draft of the government's official and most recent statement on climate says that new and accumulated science tells an "unambiguous story"…