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There are several good steps the United States could adopt to stimulate the US economy that would not involve adding to the deficit or national debt.

During the recent “Debt Ceiling” debacle, many warned that the failure to lift the debt ceiling would lead to a “first ever” US default and to numerous financial catastrophes, …

Former Massachusetts Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney greets attendees at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 11, 2011. (Photo: Eric Thayer / The New …

Is Western Democracy coming apart at the seams? A decade ago, only paranoid alarmists would have posed that question. Today, it may be an expression of …

This morning Wisconsin voters will stream to the polls in a historic recall election that pits defenders of working people against six incumbents who backed a right-wing legislative assault …

Protesters demonstrating against the Budget Repair Bill in Madison, Wisconsin, February 17 2011. (Photo: Richard Hurd) It was, simply, one of the worst weeks in recent memory. …

London - The first week of August 2011 will be remembered as a singularly irrational, wasteful and shameful moment in the political and economic history of the United States. …

Barack Obama is a lot of things — eloquent, dissembling, conniving, intelligent and above all, calm. But one thing he is not is weak. This basic truth …

Matthew Vadum will lie about anything he needs to in order to collect his wingnut welfare paychecks apparently. American values such as democracy be damned. It's partisan politics (and …

There are specific patterns in corporate media coverage of political debates: Progressive ideas are generally marginalized. “Compromise” between the major parties is encouraged. Democrats should “move to the center,” …