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Austerity measures represent the undercurrent of a new form of authoritarianism with allegiances only to power.

Like many immigrant families, that of Iris Sebastian (a pseudonym) has long played a precarious financial balancing game.

Stiglitz explores the work of Thomas Piketty and the need for economics to come to terms with income inequality.

In an ironic twist, Maryland has killed the death penalty a little sooner than anticipated.

Under President Obama, there has been no fundamental change to counteract the US government's impulse to torture.

It turns out that the taxpayer subsidy to Jim Harbaugh is equal to an awful lot of food stamps.

Whether it's through amending the Constitution or breaking up the states, a change needs to happen.

Even though she had learned to put the disrespect behind her, she admitted it wasn't easy to forget, even though it wasn't a big deal in her life.

Dinah M. Mendes reviews Lawrence J. Friedman's book, “The Lives of Erich Fromm: Love's Prophet.”

Rupert Murdoch continues to wield unparalleled influence through his control of Fox News and his vast media empire that stretches around the globe.