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President Barack Obama speaks at a news conference about the Iraq troop withdrawal in the White House briefing room in Washington, October 21, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / …

Occupy Wall Street: Day 1, September 17, 2011. (Photo: luddista) On October 1, 2011, seven residents of the Washington, DC area came together for the founding assembly …

Conservatives are always pushing for a “flat tax.” It sounds so simple: One easy rate, so we all pay the same, easy to calculate... Get rid of deductions and …

(Photo: Andrew Bossi / Flickr) Among the demands of the Wall Street protesters is student debt forgiveness - a debt “jubilee.” Occupy Philly has a "Student Loan …

U.S. Army soldiers with Charlie Company from the 1st Cavalry Division, aboard their Bradlee fighting vehicle in Najaf, Aug. 10, 2004. President Barack Obama announced October 21, 2011, that …

Members of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB). (Photo: New America Foundation / Flickr) In September the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), a …

It's very en vogue at the moment to offer advice to Occupy Wall Street. This advice takes all forms - as the song goes, some kind of help is …

Lobbying disclosure forms for the third quarter of 2011 are due tonight, and corporate America’s tort reform lobby has so far topped the list of the most profligate spenders. …

Geneva - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Friday for an inquiry into the death of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi amid conflicting accounts of how the …

“In a highly developed society, the Establishment cannot survive without the obedience and loyalty of millions of people who are given small rewards to keep the system going: the …