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Venezuela crisis is different this time, mostly

April 9, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's socialist-inclined government have been in the streets and causing disturbances since earlier February.

Senate Republicans block equal pay bill

April 9, 2014 By John Wojcik

GOP senators today killed the Paycheck Fairness Act, a mini-version of which President Obama ordered into existence yesterday for employees of federal contractors.

Continental drift: a slew of European breakaways

April 9, 2014 By Conn Hallinan

The U.S. and its allies may rail against the referendum in the Crimea; Scots will consider a very similar one on September 18, and Catalans would like to do the same.

Immigrant families demand an immediate end to deportations

April 9, 2014 By John Bachtell

Fed up with seeing loved ones deported and families and communities broken up, 11 undocumented immigrants and their supporters were arrested after blocking an intersection.

Revive long-term unemployment benefits now

April 8, 2014 By Mike Hall

The Senate passed a bill reviving the program for long-term jobless workers. House leaders have said they won't take up the Senate bill, and Congress is due to leave town for a two-week recess.