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Washington - Legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno said, “I did what I was supposed to.” In fact, nobody at Penn State did what basic human decency requires …

“I have great respect for each of you individually, but collectively I’m worried you’re going to fail — fail the country,” former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles, …

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Changing the way we price weapons could cut billions, but will the entrenched Department of Defense bureaucracy allow it? "Forget …

To hear Republican presidential primary candidates tell it, the federal workforce under President Obama has experienced ballooning job growth and huge wage increases. Such claims are a staple of …

Ed Luce of the Financial Times made an astute observation today, regarding the mostly Republican group of senators that filibustered the most recent legislation to invest $60 billion in …

The U.S. Congress is using opposition to Iran as an excuse to attack President Obama’s executive authority in an ill-advised piece of legislation. The “Iran Threat …

In my opinion, when people opine that the OWS movement is about — or should be about — the airing of this particular grievance or that it must bandy …

Seattle, Washington - Seattle is the first Occupy I've seen whose banners refer to it as a “planton,” giving credit to the social movements of Mexico, Central America, the …

In a recent interview, former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens called Maryland's current redistricting plan, which draws districts to benefit the state's Democrats, “outrageously unconstitutional.”

Last week, Citizens for Tax Justice released a report showing that 30 major corporations have paid no income taxes for the last three years, as they made $160 billion. …