News Analysis

If you believe that poverty is the domain of the comfortably poor, black, unemployed, unmotivated and uneducated among us, you have been sadly misled.

Campaign finance was just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how big corporations and financial institutions dominate US politics and policy.

This week in the Election Countdown: Florida has the highest percentage of home loans in foreclosure in the country; 50,000 Iowa families will have less help paying for groceries  after …

General Martin Dempsey and other joint chiefs of staff have been meeting at Quantico to once again determine military needs and maintain America's status as a sovereign power.

The recent Walmart strikes — beginning first among warehouse workers in California, then spreading to others in Elwood, Illinois, and finally to Walmart retail stores across the United States …

Mitt Romney's sudden conversion to moderate foreign policy may have fooled some at Monday's debate, but his neoconservative roots were shown when he expressed his desire to rebuild the …

Longtime military muckraker and Truthout editor Dina Rasor paints a well-informed picture of what might be motivating the 359 retired military brass endorsing the GOP presidential candidate.

Tar Sands Blockaders maintain their vigil in the trees for the fifth week.

Lambert Strether, the voice that brings you your weekly Election Countdown, gives you a recap of the third presidential debate in the voices of those who did not get …

The rules shift constantly as the commission hears arguments on whether the constitution applies to the defendants and how much freedom the defense has to call witnesses.