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As the last full day of the Take Back the American Dream conference ended, the “Building the Progressive Movement: What Should We Do Next?” action strategy session posed the …

Today Ben Bernanke added his voice to those who are worried about Europe’s debt crisis. But why exactly should America be so concerned? Yes, we export …

Stephen Lerner (left) talks to the President of SEIU Local 1 as they walk past Goldman Sachs Headquarters on the way to Wells Fargo Regional Office in Chicago to …

Lately, the phrase “public servants” has struck me as ironic, not because government officials fail to serve the public, but because much of the public serves them. The …

In recent months Koch Industries Inc., the business conglomerate run by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, has repeatedly told a U.S. Congressional committee and the news media that …

A new study from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU puts forth an ominous prediction: five million voters could be affected by the deluge of restrictive voting laws …

(Image: JR / Truthout; Adapted: BOSSoNe0013, SqueakyMarmot) Right wing politicians in the U.S. have gotten very good at channeling George Orwell: As the world economy teeters on …

At this moment the brave and dedicated #OccupyWallStreet protesters are in the streets of New York and cities around the world. They call the world’s attention to Wall Street …

On Sunday, February 13, 2011, a few hundred union members gathered at the state capitol building in Madison, WI to confront Gov. Scott Walker over a bill designed to …

Nairobi - With the highest rate of human trafficking in East and Central Africa, several nongovernmental organizations in Kenya are now under investigation by INTERPOL , the world’s largest …