Interview

James S. Henry: Obama's deal with GOP on estate tax ensures very rich families will continue to amass historic levels of wealth and power.

Five men have been formally charged in India with the kidnapping, gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus.

Bob Pollin: With austerity policies in Europe and the USA and slow down in China and India, 2013 needs innovative policies or more recession is likely.

The bill lays the groundwork for future battles between Democrats and Republicans over decisions on federal spending and debt, when much of the focus is expected to be on …

Inhabitants of Kivalina, an Alaskan Native village being engulfed by ocean water, respond to climate change and corporate climate deniers.

Activist Sandra Steingraber: We canu2019t change the scale of the problem, so that means you have to change the scale of your actions.

Bill Black: GOP threatens to use debt ceiling as leverage, creates conditions for more austerity measures by Obama.

An interview with our Progressive Pick of the Week's author about the lesser-known dangers of nuclear energy.

Robert Pollin: The Fed breaks ground with unemployment target but pushing more money into banks without requiring more lending won't solve the problem.

Mate argues too many doctors seem to have forgotten what was once a commonplace assumption, that emotions are deeply implicated in both the development of illness, addictions and disorders, …