Government Shutdown

President Obama's most significant achievement, his legacy for all time, could be facing down these cretins.

Noam Chomsky gives his perspective on the US government shutdown, the Syrian civil war, capitalist reform in South America and more in a Truthout interview.

Paul Krugman: The monster the wealthy created has turned on its creators.

Bill Moyers shares his own thoughts on the shutdown, and the resulting sabotage of democracy.

As Republicans consider another

Is Wall Street rationality deeply irrational?

While the radical religious right wants to lead a world based on conservative values, in reality it has no interest in promoting actual social values.

Despite the reality that domestic government surveillance is the one of the most unnecessary programs, the NSAu2019s surveillance programs are exempt from a government shutdown.

As the impact on veterans becomes part of the contentious debate over the government shutdown, the commander of one of the nationu2019s leading veterans organizations said Friday that they …

Rania Khalek: Government shutdown means halting social services while maintaining NSA spying, deportations and continuing drone strikes in Afghanistan.