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Given what I've been writing for the past few years about upward mobility and the state of “the American Dream,” it doesn't come as a surprise to me that …

To address our collapsing intellectual and moral visions, we must reclaim and re-imagine those moments of compassion, social relations and democratic ideals that surfaced briefly after 9/11.

Two web petitions showed up in progressive inboxes last week. One, organized by Daily Kos in support of striking Verizon workers, was blasted out by “alternative” cell service provider …

Melbourne - If the broad post-World War II prosperity that has endured for six decades comes to an end, both the United States and Europe will be responsible. With …

Berkeley - US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke is not regarded as an oracle in the way that his predecessor, Alan Greenspan, was before the financial crisis. But …

When my marriage ends I am in the middle of reading Norwegian Wood.  Traumatized by the news that Naoko, the enigmatic and troubled woman he loves, has committed suicide, Murakami’s …

This afternoon, the western powers will assemble in Paris, officially to “pave the route” to post-Gaddafi Libya. Each party will be likely to fight for its share of the …

Bank of America Corp. said today that the first phase of its cost-cutting program is expected to eliminate 30,000 jobs over the next few years. The reductions …

The National Archives is reconsidering its initial refusal to release Secret Service records regarding the whereabouts of George H.W. Bush on Oct. 19, 1980, when the then-Republican vice presidential …

Melanie Gomez-Murphy, a nurse at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, works with a patient in the emergency room. (Photo: James Estrin / The New York Times) …