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It's a now-or-never moment for the DREAM Act, a bill that would provide a conditional path to citizenship for certain immigrant youth. The bill's prospects won't improve with next …

Rev. Jesse Jackson describes our current moment as one of ‘exceptional poverty’ and is calling on President Obama to hold a bipartisan meeting on hunger and poverty.

Before the Great Recession it was common to suggest that the international reserve position of the dollar was in jeopardy, and that a crisis could generate a run on …

Nigeria to File Charges Against Cheney in Bribery Scandal

The Federal Reserve is under attack for its most recent extraordinary policy announcements. Angry and accusatory comment is streaming in from Brazil, Germany, China, leading lights in the financial …

As Congress returns from its Thanksgiving recess, it still has a lot on its plate. In the final stretch of this lame-duck 111th Congress, legislators must address Bush-era tax …

Hillary Clinton should cut out the whining about what the Obama administration derides as “stolen cables” and confront the unpleasant truths they reveal about the contradictions of U.S. foreign …

This column was published by The Guardian Unlimited (UK) on December 1, 2010.

Christmas and Chanukah share a spiritual message: that it is possible to bring light and hope in a world of darkness, oppression and despair. But whereas Christmas focuses on …

Bees in Brooklyn are producing honey that's bright red in color. Or, as The New York Times described it, “an alarming shade of Robitussin.” No, it's not a sign …