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For those of us advocating change in the global financial architecture, the last few months have been fairly exhilarating. Let’s recap…

Earlier this month, Bank of America (BOA), the country's largest bank, announced a moratorium on foreclosures in all 50 states.

Homeowners, and at times the government, have long complained that banks and other companies that service mortgages aren’t good at their job of collecting monthly payments, modifying loans and …

Old sportswriters are always being asked for tips on big games. Here’s one for the biggest game on the schedule: never vote for a jock.

On Saturday, the Republican National Committee (RNC) held a large “Victory Rally,” which ThinkProgress attended, just outside Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was the highlight …

The Sweden Democrats, a 20-plus-year-old, right-wing political party steeped in racism and Islamophobia, won 20 seats in Sweden's Parliament in the country's mid-September election. How the Tea Party movement's …

Drawing on her experience as an “itinerant feminist organizer,” WMC Progressive Women’s Voices alumna Shelby Knox explains why the seemingly fringe views of Delaware’s GOP Senate candidate are no …

If you listened to conservatives and some media accounts you’d think there was an enormous public groundswell to reduce the size of government as rapidly as possible. But that …

Lawyers for Omar Khadr are negotiating a plea deal that would sentence him to eight years in prison for several charges, including attempted murder, conspiracy and material support of …

We skeptics of free trade are used to being told, “You don't understand economics.” In fact, one major reason I wrote the book “Free Trade Doesn't Work” was simply …