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“You saw the House act,” Rep. Eric Cantor snapped to a reporter last Friday. Yeah, act like a petulant 4-year-old! The majority leader of the GOP-controlled House …

Let’s face it: things are bad and getting worse every day. Even a casual glance at the daily headlines provides ample reason for dismay, from perpetual warfare and the …

Seems like only yesterday conservative nabobs of negativity predicted America’s ballooning budget deficit would generate soaring inflation and crippling costs of additional federal borrowing. Remember Standard & …

(Image: JR / Truthout) In the absence of the controls recommended by the Founders and early state regulation, corporations have continued to grow in size and power …

The New York Times. I’ve actually been avoiding thinking about President Obama’s latest cave-in, on ozone regulation; these repeated retreats are getting painful to watch. …

In today's On the News segment: European market predicted to melt down within next 12 months, Occupy Wall Street spurs protests in at least ten other cities, Corrections Corporation …

Hundreds of executions in Texas — Republican crowd cheers. An uninsured person in a coma — Republican crowd shouts “Let him die!” And now, labor …

Mountain View, Calif. — Far from Washington, President Barack Obama found, for an hour at least Monday, an audience welcoming of his plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest …

Corporate power and money are unchecked as they privatize, deregulate and destroy all vestiges of public life.

Matias Ramos shows the ankle monitoring device he had to wear for ten days. (Photo: Michael Vanacore) Now that the electronic shackle is off, it's really nice …