The U.S. Postal Service plans to close about 3,700 post offices throughout the country in 2012, and may ultimately shut the doors of another 12,000 locations.

Nine years after invading and occupying Iraq, U.S. military forces officially left the country in December, leaving behind a mammoth embassy.

A year after a people’s revolution in Egypt ousted a dictator, Egyptians still struggle to free themselves from military rule.

Kids in the United States don’t fare too well compared to other industrialized countries. But we do have the most billionaires.

The problem with jobs? Too few people have them. The official unemployment rate is 9%: almost one out of every ten working people can’t find a job.

Franciszka Litwin is eleven years old and lives in Poland.

Find out why California passed the DREAM Act to help undocumented immigrants.

This year, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three women.

Find out which animals were affected by the recent oil spill off the coast of New Zealand.

Since May, students in Chile have been protesting to make university education available to more students.