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"The FBI's systematic misuse of these resources proves that it (and the rest of the federal government) simply can't be trusted to wield this sort of power," said one campaigner. "Let 702 die."

It’s no coincidence that advocates for loosening child labor restrictions also push for expanding charter schools and voucher programs.

Get a Load of CEO Retirement Plans. They are called—I kid you not—“top hat” plans. And they drain everybody else’s 401(k)s.

A Wisconsin schoolteacher is being punished for trying to have her students sing a popular song by Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus.

For existentialism, the choice for oneself is the choice for a world, for commitment to a plural world. Returning to Sartre today means not accepting the distracted somnambulism of our societies, because we have only one life and only one planet.

El Jefe, one of at least seven jaguars documented north of the border since 1996, became a powerful symbol for environmentalists, Native tribes, and others who vehemently oppose both mining and border wall construction in remote areas.

A new political action committee has formed to influence the outcome of Los Angeles school board races, filling a gap created when a group of civic leaders, which includes former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, decided to sit out next month's key upcoming election. The new organization, Great Public Schools Los Angeles Political Action Committee, joins other outside groups involved in the campaign to replace Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, who died in December.

Detroit has suspended water shutoffs for 15 days, but it's a temporary reprieve.

Meet five women who are bearing the burden of conflict in Syria and persevering in spite of it.

Cattle need 28 times more land than other livestock, according to a new study.