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I ran into my friend Jeff Madrick a few weeks ago. Like a rabbit out of a hat, or so it seemed, he whipped from his coat a copy …

(Photo: U.S. Embassy New Delhi / Flickr) If a “strategic partnership” is here, can business pacts be far behind? US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left no …

(Photo: Joel Davis-Aldridge / Flickr) Democracy, in the American tradition, has been defined by a simple morality: We Americans care about our fellow citizens; we act on …

This morning features two large and frustrating pieces of economic news. One: Washington's silly fight over a fake debt crisis (rather than the real debt crisis) isn't likely to …

Republicans in the House of Representatives failed for a second straight day Thursday to find enough votes within their own ranks to pass a heavily lobbied GOP leadership plan …

It's become all too evident that a manufactured crisis has suddenly transformed into a very, very real one.

The US tried to undermine Haiti's oil deal with Venezuela in order to protect the vested interests of US oil corporations. Under the Obama administration, the …

(Photo: Vanessa Arn / Flickr) For the entire year, as a sluggish economy sputters by and states continue to struggle with falling revenue, the conversation in Congress …

(Photo: isafmedia / Flickr) The Taliban leadership is ready to negotiate peace with the United States right now if Washington indicates its willingness to provide a timetable …

Washington - Those who would chronicle events in Washington can find no richer source of analogy and metaphor than the Three Stooges. These days, I'm thinking of the times …