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A lot of the theory of securities markets revolves around information: securities prices respond to changes in available information, you want to provide incentives for people to produce information, …

After the first round of the contentious debt limit fight, congressional Republicans are redoubling their efforts to push through a so-called Balanced Budget Amendment as a solution to the …

The Wisconsin recall election was the first major test of the new era in American politics. That new era began in January of 2010 when the US Supreme Court …

Five months to the day after the Republican majority in the Wisconsin State Senate voted to approve Governor Scott Walker's plan to strip most collective bargaining rights from public …

Journalism will again become what it was more than a century ago - a form of art. -Chris Hedges

What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) future now that Atlantis has landed and the shuttle program is over? If NASA persists in using nuclear power in …

The establishment campaign to use the economic crisis to cut Social Security and Medicare continues to escalate. Helene Cooper in New York Times offers up new theme: If president …

Van Jones speaking to protesters in Washington, DC, February 26, 2011 at the Save the American Dream Rally. (Photo: markn3tel) As Americans face the economic fallout of …

FEMA Director James Lee Witt visits applicants at the FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in Kinston, North Carolina. Witt along with state and local officials toured the flood ravaged area …

Sayner, Wisconsin — Two Republican state senators lost their seats in recall elections around Wisconsin on Tuesday, but Republicans maintained their control of the State Senate, ultimately handing a …