Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy as a civil rights leader extends beyond his achievements in racial justice. His model of non-violent protest has inspired numerous movements, including those ...

In a vast, dimly lit barn near Frankford, Delaware, surrounded by tens of thousands of young chickens, about a dozen people in ghostly white coveralls are considering future options for the poultry ...

If U.S. welfare standards were introduced in Europe, "we would have revolution, not tomorrow, but on the very same day," Schaeuble told a conference in Paris. "We have to rescue an entire generation ...

Not all of the positive changes in the system are attributable to the due process reforms of the last seven years, but many of them clearly are, writes Jeremy Newman. Stockphoto / Getty Images In 2015 ...

The tale of Cliven Bundy, a Nevada cattle rancher, had all the elements of a certain type of political theater, making it inevitable that he would become a hero in the conservative blogosphere and a ...

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