Here they go again. Muslims just don’t give up trying to change our values and roll back hard fought rights of equality and justice. Though this time, we may have nipped it in the bud early – but should we?

Don't look to Martin and Coretta's children for revolution humble reader, cast your lots with the Cosby kids instead. The late Martin Luther King Jr. once said that one of his dreams was that his four little children would be judged by the content of their character instead of the color of their skin.

The Bush administration's order to increase the number and scope of arbitrary immigration raids was made for political motives, newly released government documents reported on by the New York Times revealed this week.

Any evenhanded comparison of the Colombian and Venezuelan governments’ human rights records would have to note that, though Venezuela’s record is far from perfect, that country is by every measure a safer place than Colombia to live, vote, organize unions and political groups, speak out against the government or practice journalism.

I was standing on the Washington Mall on Inauguration Day, alongside nearly two million other people on Inauguration Day, and proudly watched the first African American take the oath of office in our nation’s history.

In the ordinary course of things in Washington, D.C., and on television, there are two separate conversations. In one conversation, everything that the government spends money on (schools, transportation, police, etc.) must be trimmed back to save money.

Leo Gerard, president of the USW, among others, is quite bold in alleging that the domestic content provisions of the House stimulus bill do not violate international trade agreements.

Capitol Hill telephone lines have lit up. Tens of thousands of voters across the country have been calling their US Senators demanding passage of President Obama's economic recovery package without any more delays.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The same Republican-owned law firm that may have tried to help Michigan Republicans hand an electoral victory to John McCain here in the November presidential election may also be blocking effective foreclosure relief legislation.

For a brief moment, when Congress authorized that $700 billion bailout for the Wall Street wise guys whose recklessness caused the financial crisis that we’re all suffering, federal officials actually considered giving part of the money to foreign banks.

US Ambassador in Jordan Robert Beecroft reaffirmed Tuesday the two-state solution as the only way to solve Palestinian-Israeli conflicts, local daily The Jordan Times reported on Wednesday.

In the effort to "expose the lies and distortions" being spread about the Employee Free Choice Act, the labor advocacy group, American Rights at Work (ARAW), announced last week the launch of a new ad campaign on behalf of the bill.

The Obama era began in earnest last week, with bold action such as closing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and promising to end torture. In its very first days, the new administration has begun to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding executive branch operations, and has made great strides forward.

CIENAGA DE ZAPATA, Cuba, Feb 3 (acn) Actions for the protection of wetlands and to raise locals' awareness on the importance of those ecosystems are being promoted in the Zapata Swamp through a scientific and cultural program underway until February 10.

HUNDREDS of workers spent a fourth day occupying the Waterford Crystal factory in Kilbarry on Monday in protest against plans to axe 480 jobs. Heavily indebted luxury tableware manufacturer Waterford Wedgwood called in receivers Deloitte last month after failing to buy more time from creditors.

Some congressional Republicans who voted for a massive $700 Wall Street bailout, billions each for just a handful of banks and investment firms, are now trying to block a bailout for Main Street. For example, Republican Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) urged his House Republican friends to vote yes for the Wall Street bailout last October.

I've got good news and bad news, President Obama told the American people in his weekly address over the weekend. Government data released last week revealed that the economy shrank by nearly four percent in the closing months of 2008 and people seeking unemployment benefits grew to record numbers.

A recent article for Money magazine trivializes the New Deal's role during the Great Depression. It reflects, in a simplistic and factually inaccurately way, what conservative historians have sought to argue about the New Deal, namely that it made the depression worse by its intervention in the economy.

One feature of the extraordinary year that has ended was the extreme volatility of global commodity markets. Because economic analysts have become so short-sighted, each of these rapid movements has been over-interpreted as reflecting structural changes in global demand and supply rather than conjunctural forces that are liable to change.

Every Christmas season a large electric star visible for miles is illuminated on a mountainside overlooking Bethlehem, Pa., to commemorate the time the holy family of Christianity took refuge in a manger on the night of Christ’s birth.