News Analysis

Rape, mutilation, sexual slavery, forced abortion, and sterilizations were just some of the sadistic tools used in a systematic practice of state-sponsored terror to crush the surviving population into …

Like so many other times before, the human cost of this conflict is incalculably high. Itu2019s not surprising that the normal human reaction is u201cweu2019ve got to do something!u201d …

It's of course good news that unemployment among workers in private industry has been steadily declining. But that comes along with the bad news that unemployment among public employees …

In case it isnu2019t yet apparent to you, the unfolding scandal over manipulation of Libor and its Euro counterpart Euribor is a huge deal. Even though at this point, …

Mitt Romney and the New Gilded Age

So what do you get when you combine Mitt Romney, expensive horseflesh, fancy dinners and a financial scandal in the City of London? An interesting confluence of people and …

At the end of the World War II, 80 percent of US newspapers were independently owned. By 1987, most were controlled by 15 corporations, six of which now dominate.

Thirty years ago, Merton Miller, one of the giants of modern finance, was at a banking conference when a banker said he couldnu2019t raise more capital by selling stock …

Taxing Wall Street speculation is a great way to raise whatever money might be needed to meet deficit targets.

By staking out a policy line on Iran reflecting the views of the Israeli national security leadership, Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz has undercut the Benjamin Netanyahu governmentu2019s carefully …