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Historians will remember 2015 as the year the world decisively moved away from its reliance on fossil fuels

The U.S. is intervening in yet another Middle Eastern country where extremist groups benefited from its policies

Globalization's revenge: The developing world is on a shopping spree.

Journalist John R. Bradley descends into the Arab underworld of prostitution and pornography

This president has told us he has "no conflict of interest": Maybe his sudden affection for China isn't so puzzling

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"Abortion: Stories Women Tell" shares experiences of women in the Bible Belt and coping with unplanned pregnancies

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Just as the U.S. threw its support behind the Taliban, officials have empowered a whole new set of Afghan warlords

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Our self-righteous sense of "innocence" has been instrumental in bringing about the nation's decline

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This week's protests in Iran are truly unprecedented, says Iran expert Afshin Molavi