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Washington - Barack Obama got off to a bad start with the Supreme Court the very moment he was sworn in as president, and it's not getting any better. …

Every year I trek down to a nondescript office building near Wall Street with a bag full of receipts and a belly full of anxiety. When it’s tax time, …

If there’s one thing most Americans support in foreign policy, it’s sanctions against Iran to halt its alleged drive for nuclear weapons. From President Obama to Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and …

Washingotn - Playing second fiddle to Mitt Romney won't be easy, but somebody has to be his running mate. Let's handicap the field:Florida Sen. Marco Rubio: The choice who …

When he was assassinated in April, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. had just begun “The Poor People’s Campaign.” This focus on economic injustice, which included plans for a mass …

In newly unclassified commentary from Guantánamo, Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the prison, who has been held for ten years without charge or trial, has described how, …

President Obama spoke at a forum on women and the economy today, following the White House release of a 65-page report (PDF) on the same topic this morning. In a speech …

Some of us pause on Good Friday to mark the torture and death of a high-value detainee rendered, extraordinarily, to Roman occupiers. Although the charges against Jesus of Nazareth …

(Photo: Vincent Ma / Flickr)The Labor Department reported that the economy added just 120,000 jobs in March, a sharp slowdown from the pace of the prior three months where …

Here we go again. Another round of the game we call Congressional Creep. After months of haggling and debate, Congress finally passes reform legislation to fix a serious rupture …