Op-Ed

Dear young man who died on the fourth day of this turbulent 2011, dear Mohammed Bouazizi, I want to write you about an astonishing year — with …

It's not every day that foreign aid is front page news in the United States, but it is because slashing foreign aid has become one of the few areas …

Occupy Chicago protesters at the intersection of Jackson and La Salle in downtown Chicago on Saturday, October 16. Click to view more photos of Occupy Chicago. (Photo: abjam77) …

Washington - “Defend Wall Street” is not likely to be a winning campaign slogan in 2012. For Republicans, this is an obvious problem. For President Obama and the Democrats, …

We are in an absolute national jobs emergency and everyone outside of Washington, DC understands this. But if you read the DC-oriented press, you would think that the “issue” …

Having spent time this week in both New Hampshire and Iowa, the states featuring the first presidential nominating contests of 2012, and having been in Michigan the week before, …

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has been against the Occupy Wall Street movement from the beginning. On his weekly radio broadcast, Bloomberg has made numerous misleading remarks …

The Unknown Organizer. Liberated Autonomous Manhattan — In a century, community organizers will still be debating what to call Zuccotti Park/Liberty Plaza/Liberty Square. The surrounding skyscrapers will …

Occupy Wall Street takes over Washington Square Park in New York, October 8, 2011. (Photo: getdarwin)

The 99 percent movement protests are going global as more and more people seek to register their frustration with corporate greed and injust economic policies. Preferential tax treatment has …