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Remember when Democrats were the party of “tax and spend,” confiscating the wealth of the country's hardworking people to promote progressive goals? Remember when Republicans were the steadfast fiscal …

Iran is winning and Israel is losing. That is the startling conclusion we reach if we consider how things have changed in the Middle East in the two years …

With the tax-cut deal, the Democrats lost their chance to stop the GOP from taking unfair advantage of the middle class. (Transcript below)

Tomorrow, Truthout will debut my new column: “Solutions: Making Government Work.” This weekly column will be a platform for myself and others with inside experience to seek solutions to …

Every family needs a place to live. When banks use our homes and mortgages to make bets in the global casino, we wind up with predatory lending, financial bubbles, …

Hard-money types tend to take a sort of “Lives of the Saints” approach to history. They reverently reference certain iconic examples of hyperinflation (Weimar Germany! Zimbabwe!), while remaining utterly …

Elizabeth Anania Edwards, who became a national figure in her fight against cancer and as a partner in her husband John's political career, died today. She was 61. Edwards …

 

The dominant theme that emerged in U.S. media coverage of the first round of Wikileaks diplomatic cables last week was that Arab regimes in the Gulf - led by …

President Barack Obama reached agreement Monday with congressional Republicans to extend and deepen tax cuts temporarily in hopes of stirring the economy and creating jobs, and also extending unemployment …