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(Photo: Brett Beanan / Flickr) The Plan is working. Mitt Romney's biggest backer didn't want him to win. We know that Paul “The Vulture” Singer, Romney's Daddy …

A new historical vista is opening before us in this time of change. Capitalism as a system has spawned deepening economic crisis alongside its bought-and-paid for political establishment. Neither …

Writer and photographer David Bacon has released the new book, “Illegal People - How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants.” (Courstesy: David Bacon) David Bacon: There's certainly …

(Photo: Pete Souza / White House) President Obama will waive central provisions of the No Child Left Behind federal education law for 10 states that have embraced …

In today's On the News segment: The deal to let the banksters walk is near completion; fewer young adults have a job in America than ever before; before people …

(Photo: Greg Bishop / White House) American port truck drivers are using tried and true tactics of public pressure and collective organizing to win union recognition and …

Three years ago, when President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, he said: “It is fitting that with the very first bill …

There are 80-plus million Americans today who were born roughly between 1978 and 2000, and they’re getting hit hard by economic circumstances created over the past 30 years. The …

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Sometimes history and circumstances offer us solutions to centuries-old problems and tensions within our long-lasting government. Even though we feel like a …

Economist Christina Romer had an op-ed in the NY Times this weekend, Do Manufacturers Need Special Treatment? The question that keep coming back to me is why did she …