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In the commentary on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the news and infotainment media have predictably framed the discussion by the question of how successful the CIA and the …

Jerusalem - Palestinian leaders will ask the U.N. Security Council for full United Nations membership, Palestinian officials said Tuesday, despite a U.S. vow to veto the move and fears …

It is a staple of American politics that elected officials routinely frame their appeals to the “middle class.” The idea is simple: Since the vast majority of Americans consider …

Ron Paul knows something about uninsured men dying without health insurance. Kent Snyder, who was Paul's 2008 presidential campaign manager, died on June 26 of that year without any …

The middle class received close to the smallest share of the nation’s income it ever has since this data was first collected, according to Census data released today. In …

A little-known Republican businessman from Queens, channeling voter discontent with President Obama into an upset, won election to Congress on Tuesday from the heavily Democratic district in New York …

Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy (CEPR) in Washington, DC. (Photo courtesy of Dean Baker) Economist Dean Baker is co-director of the Center …

(Image: JR / Truthout) Having looked at federal government contracting for 30 years, I have heard over and over again that government employees make too much money …

Attendees clap during the CNN Tea Party Republican Debate at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 12, 2011. Eight Republican presidential candidates squared off with host …

The horrifying atrocities of September 11 are new in world affairs, not in their scale and character, but in the target.