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E.J. Dionne Jr. | What Britain Taught Us
Washington - Britain produced an electoral earthquake all right, but not the one so many expected. The real lessons have less to do with two-party systems than with how …
Congress Backs Wall Street, Rejects Big Bank Break-Up
Late last night, the U.S. Senate rejected the single most important element of Wall Street reform by a vote of 33 to 61. The SAFE Banking Act would have …
Undocumented Immigrants Pay More in Taxes Than They Receive in Benefits
During their working life, undocumented immigrants in the United States will pay, on average, approximately $80,000 more in taxes per capita than they use in government services, owing to …
Slick of Oil Industry Cash Gummed Up Regulatory Works
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is worse than anyone thought, and the crisis will likely go on for months. British Petroleum (BP) is tripping …
Who Has a Mandate to Govern in Britain?
10:17 a.m. ET — Now it's Cameron's Turn
Unemployment Rises to 9.9 Percent, Driven by Jump in Labor Force Participation
Nominal wage growth has averaged just 1.1 percent over the last quarter. The Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent in April as 805,000 people …
Gulf Oil Spill: Questions Unanswered, Residents Try Legal Action
New Orleans - In the wake of the Gulf oil spill, rig operator BP has produced apologies, jobs for local fishermen to aid in the recovery efforts, and a …
Robert Reich | The (Almost) Crash of Wall Street
Ninety minutes before the end of the trading day today, the U.S. stock market almost melted down The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped nearly 1,000 points. The market regained …
Mystery Disease Linked to Missing Israeli Scientist
Media outlets across the Northwest United States began reporting on April 24 that a strange, previously unknown strain of virulent airborne fungi that has already killed at least six …
Strengthening the Link Between Pollution, Cancer
Presidential advisory group moves to broaden focus of cancer research to precaution, prevention. A new report from a presidential advisory group represents a major advance in the struggle to …