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No one in the US government campaigns these days for the direct government hiring of our many millions of unemployed and underemployed people. That is despite the fact that …

Tonight, President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union address. A major theme of the speech will be jobs and the economy. Let's hope the president spares …

Washington - The Bush White House, particularly before the 2006 midterm elections, routinely violated a federal law that prohibits use of federal tax dollars to pay for political activities …

Illinois Supreme Court Issues Stay in Emanuel Case “Less than 24 hours after an Illinois appeals court bumped Rahm Emanuel off the ballot for Chicago's election for mayor,” the …

 

Whether the abrupt termination of MSNBC host Keith Olbermann's contract on January 21 was connected to Olbermann's left-of-center politics or the recent purchase of NBC by Comcast from General …

Bravo to the The New York Times for publishing Adam Hochschild's January 17 op-ed, An Assassination's Long Shadow. The piece marked the 50th anniversary of an event long forgotten …

What the Tunisian revolution and WikiLeaks tell us about American support for corrupt dictatorships in the Muslim world. Here’s one obvious lesson of the Tunisian Revolution of 2011: …

A key resolution on the Israel-Palestine conflict is now before the UN Security Council. Largely echoing stated US policy, the resolution embraces negotiations, endorses the creation of a Palestinian …

President Obama is delivering his State of the Union message today. This is the speech that I would like to hear: "My fellow Americans. Two years ago, 69 million …