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It is a staple of American politics that elected officials routinely frame their appeals to the “middle class.” The idea is simple: Since the vast majority of Americans consider …

The middle class received close to the smallest share of the nation’s income it ever has since this data was first collected, according to Census data released today. In …

(Image: JR / Truthout) Having looked at federal government contracting for 30 years, I have heard over and over again that government employees make too much money …

The nation has just celebrated Labor Day, yet few Americans have any idea why. As high school students, most were taught little about unions—their role, their accomplishments, and how …

Melanie Gomez-Murphy, a nurse at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, works with a patient in the emergency room. (Photo: James Estrin / The New York Times) …

Sorry deficit fanatics, this one has nothing to do with the cost of the stimulus or the deficits run up during the Obama years. We're talking real money here. …

On the theory that the best defense is a good offense, Rick Perry has been insisting to anyone who will listen that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. Probably …

There is an interesting phenomenon which we can call “the political retiree’s confession.” I don’t mean all those hyped memoirs, ghost written for all manner of high ranking ex-officials. …

On Tuesday, September 6, a Chatham County Superior Court judge put the final stamp on a 19-year battle to save the life of an innocent man from Georgia's executioner. …

“War! Good God, ya’ll. What is it good for? Absolutely nothin’!” So went the anti-Vietnam War protest song popularized by Edwin Starr in 1970 …