Politics

We don't always have a clean shot at the 1 percent, but there is broad public consensus on this issue across many ideological and class lines.

Participatory budgeting (PB) transfers decision-making power from elected officials to everyday people.

There are new and even historic anti-poverty proposals in this budget. But the better they are, the more they fall into the hard to get category.

In a knee-jerk reaction to concerns that too many people may be required to disclose personal financial data, Congress quickly and quietly approved legislation over the past 24 hours …

Wikileaks has done it again. I guess the US will really have to get tough now with Julian Assange and Bradley Manning. In a secret US cable to the …

Every Democrat running for re-election in 2014 will have the stinking dead albatross of their president's cut to Social Security hanging around their neck.

Michael Hudson: Obama's “bargain” on social security reform will push more retirees into poverty in exchange for a minor increase in high end income tax - a class that …

Legislation to curb gun violence gains enough support for a rare debate. Gun rights advocates plan maneuvers to undermine Democratic senators' support for controls.

The opening day of the major league baseball season is when I start to live again until October when pro basketball and NFL football take over and the fan …

With President Obama's new spending blueprint delivered to congress, there can be no more question about it: the Wall street wing of the democratic party has completely taken over …