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Banks caused the housing crisis — and the financial crash which threw millions out of their jobs — and they can fix it, according to a new report. …

(Image: JR / Truthout) In developing countries, any attempts to raise an awareness of wrongdoing usually results in imprisonment or death. In the West, unless an individual …

The global community is confronted with the problem that achieving the agreed goal of eradicating poverty will require much more economic progress. But the economic progress of the …

Police hold back protesters as part of the “15-M Movement,” in Madrid, Spain. (Photo: Olmovich) What are Spaniards so angry about? When José Luis …

Tripoli, Libya - Rebel fighters flooded into Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s sprawling compound on Tuesday, overwhelming what remained of its defenses and running pell-mell through the grounds, as the crackle …

Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general of New York, has come under increasing pressure from the Obama administration to drop his opposition to a wide-ranging state settlement with banks …

Tax cuts have become the panacea of conservative economic thinking, but curiously, the AP reports Republicans are now lining up to raise taxes on nearly half of all Americans. …

Why is it that the Democratic Party faithful storming GOP town halls come up with better talking points for the tax debate than their own leaders? Raising taxes …

(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Earlier this month, The Financial Times linked to a post by commentator Mike Shedlock about the failure of …

Those of us who waited with baited breath to see which members of Congress would be appointed to the supercommittee of 12 to find $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction …