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US Capitol Building. (Photo: Jason OX4) Are members of Congress corrupt? Perhaps we should define the term. There is the terrible, “legal” corruption of pay-for-play campaign contributions, …

Albany - Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders on Tuesday announced that they had reached an agreement to raise taxes on New York State’s wealthiest residents as part …

In today's On the News segment: From 2009 to 2010, carbon emissions took the largest one-year jump since the Industrial Revolution started three centuries ago; European summit plans to …

In what officials say is the largest ever settlement in a government investigation of a mine disaster, Alpha Natural Resources agreed to pay $209 million in restitution and civil …

Southern California janitors block the streets to protest the firing of immigrant workers. (Photo: David Bacon) Oakland, California - When Occupy Seattle called its tent camp "Planton …

One of the more pernicious forms of predatory lending is payday lending, which involves firms giving usually low-income workers very short-term, high-interest loans in order to help them pay …

Today, Occupy Wall Street and Occupy movements around the country will “go out of the streets and into the homes” of the 99 percent to draw attention to the …

The Zapatistas have a motto: “everything for everyone, nothing for ourselves,” which seems to have been twisted by Mexican officials, as the government almost gleefully denies the indigenous group …

Scarcely one-third of the U.S. population believes that there is a scientific consensus on the threat of global warming.

Madison, WI - As states and cities struggle to resolve paralyzing budget shortfalls by sending workers on unpaid furloughs, freezing salaries and extracting larger contributions for health benefits and …