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A truly amazing thing has happened in banking. After the worst financial crisis in 75 years sparked the “Great Recession,” we have

In his State of the Union speech, President Obama made a mercifully quick stop in the Neverland of U.S. trade policy, promising – again – to double U.S. exports …

Last night's State of the Union address boils down to one point: In a cutthroat world, America has lost its edge. We're dull, and the Chinese are sharp. They …

This January, the House Rhetoricians of the 112th Congress started their climate denialist work with great passion.

Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. -Langston Hughes, “Democracy,” 1949

The success of a throng of Tunisian protesters who toppled Ben Ali, the seemingly unshakable dictator, caught the world off guard. Events quickly unfolded after a street vendor in …

Congressman Anthony Weiner talks with Rachel Maddow Congressman Paul Ryan’s elevation to Republican Party spokesman and whether, for all the talk of civility, there can be any expectation of …

Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) has been one of the few GOP lawmakers willing to make good faith efforts to work with President Obama, especially on foreign policy issues. Most …

Like many others of Italian-American heritage, I experienced some discomfort when, in 1951, Sen. Estes Kefauver, a Democrat from Tennessee, launched his highly publicized investigation into the organized rackets, …

Looks can be deceiving. When you see photos of Army Specialist Bradley Manning, the fresh, boyish-faced 23-year old private who has spent the last seven months in solitary confinement, …