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Proponents push nuclear power as “clean” energy, but the Fukushima meltdown shows why nuclear energy should be examined more closely.

Unless Congress acts, millions of Americans will be left with no benefits in an economy where the average length of unemployment is more than 37 weeks.

For most Americans, it's win-win for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to stand up to Washington: US troops would come home, or peace talks would begin.

With Congress gridlocked, we must look to local governments to pursue more innovative strategies for promoting equal opportunity.

David Cay Johnston, an investigative reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize while at The New York Times. He is currently a columnist for Tax Analysts and Al Jazeera, as …

As TPP Negotiators Fail to Meet Accord Deadline, New CWA Report Highlights Litany of Past Failed Promises Made on FTAs.

With so much dissension among the GOP, you would think that would mean that progressives would find the budget something they could get on board with, but not everyone …

Extremists who think government support for the unemployed is holding the economy back don't have the facts on their side.

Ryan-Murray bipartisan budget deal would not extend unemployment insurance for 1.3 million Americans, while maintaining $100 billion a year sequestration cuts after 2015.

A social justice coalition called on the Congressional Budgetary Committee to pass a budget resolution that re-directs military spending to domestic needs.