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The middle class received close to the smallest share of the nation’s income it ever has since this data was first collected, according to Census data released today. In …

A little-known Republican businessman from Queens, channeling voter discontent with President Obama into an upset, won election to Congress on Tuesday from the heavily Democratic district in New York …

Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy (CEPR) in Washington, DC. (Photo courtesy of Dean Baker) Economist Dean Baker is co-director of the Center …

(Image: JR / Truthout) Having looked at federal government contracting for 30 years, I have heard over and over again that government employees make too much money …

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Attendees clap during the CNN Tea Party Republican Debate at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 12, 2011. Eight Republican presidential candidates squared off with host …

The horrifying atrocities of September 11 are new in world affairs, not in their scale and character, but in the target.

Ten years ago, at a time when lawmakers from both sides of the aisle joined together to authorize endless war, Noam Chomsky’s was the leading voice to call for …