Today marks the first day of the 110th Congress. As the Democrats officially take control of both the House and the Senate, it was a jubilant day for them and a sobering one for Republicans. And as...

As lawmakers set forth their agenda for the 110th session, anti-war activists want to make sure their concerns are not ignored. At a park just north of the Capitol today demonstrators demanded an i...

The court marshal for US Army First Lt. Ehren Watada begins today at Fort Lewis, Washington. Watada is facing six years imprisonment for refusing to deploy to Iraq. In this excerpt of an interview ...

Democrats are expected to soon pass a package of ethics reforms for the House of Representatives that include banning trips, gifts and meals from lobbyists. FSRN’s Nan McCurdy has more from C...

Ten years after the Guatemalan peace accords, intimidation and murder still shake the country. Dozens of families, activists and human rights workers were killed in 2006, and observers fear that de...

More than 1000 people from dozens of countries gathered to mark the 13th anniversary of the Zapatista indigenous uprising in the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico. Indigenous leaders, activists and...