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Every family needs a place to live. When banks use our homes and mortgages to make bets in the global casino, we wind up with predatory lending, financial bubbles, …

Hard-money types tend to take a sort of “Lives of the Saints” approach to history. They reverently reference certain iconic examples of hyperinflation (Weimar Germany! Zimbabwe!), while remaining utterly …

Elizabeth Anania Edwards, who became a national figure in her fight against cancer and as a partner in her husband John's political career, died today. She was 61. Edwards …

 

The dominant theme that emerged in U.S. media coverage of the first round of Wikileaks diplomatic cables last week was that Arab regimes in the Gulf - led by …

President Barack Obama reached agreement Monday with congressional Republicans to extend and deepen tax cuts temporarily in hopes of stirring the economy and creating jobs, and also extending unemployment …

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on the agreement announced Monday between the White House and congressional Republicans:

Politicians, anti-public intellectuals and conservative-leaning media pundits no longer ask what kind of education is needed in a democratic society.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange turned himself in to police in London on Tuesday and will remain in custody until December 14 unless extradited to Sweden, Sweden's English-language newspaper The …

Washington - The Supreme Court this week takes up the national immigration debate that continues to stymie Congress. While immigration advocates and some Democratic lawmakers conjure hopes of legalizing …