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President Obama met with 12 community bankers Tuesday in a bid to spur lending to small businesses. They were looking for action from him, as well.

After the CIA-led fiasco at the Bay of Pigs in April 1961, President John Kennedy was quoted as saying he wanted to “splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces …

Since last spring, when President Barack Obama announced his administration’s plan to prevent foreclosures, there’s been a crush of homeowners seeking help from mortgage servicers. Confusion and delays have …

Last year, I had a dream I was called before the Senate to testify on the “reform” of the estate tax. Admittedly, the dream was odd. Although I've been …

The winter solstice of 2009 arrived as a grim metaphor for the current politics of health care, war, and a lot more. “In a dark time,” wrote the poet …

When public values are subordinated to the rationality of profits, the institutions that support it become corrupt.

Last August, a federal judge threw out a lawsuit challenging the government's right to spy on Americans' international emails and telephone calls without warrants or suspicion of any kind …

Going Rouge: Sarah Palin - American Nightmare Edited by Richard Kim and Betsy Reed OR Books New York, 2009 Editors Note: Rather than attempt to translate the verve, variety, …

Activists: the word sounds better than “militants.” Africa: is unsure of itself. American way of life: outmoded, disgusting or decadent? Banks: are doing very well, thank you. Bike Bloc: …

Congress pledged to tighten regulations on Wall Street after its role in the recession. The industry is reaching into its deep pockets to shape the financial reform legislation to …