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Updates on Chinese economy's response to global crisis, $6.6 billion legal deal among banks, credit card companies and retailers, and food stamp cuts threatened.

In today's Election Countdown 2012 news: Obama could be jeopardizing his re-election bid with a dismissive and even hostile approach to marijuana reform, Elizabeth Warren is being considered as …

Billions of dollars were skimmed from cities all across America by colluding to rig the public bids on municipal bonds, a business worth $3.7 trillion.

What are the limitations and possibilities for reclaiming democracy as a radical idea amid the ruins of neoliberalism? This is the fundamental question posed by Henry Giroux's important new …

Food and Drug Administration officials reacted to suspected whistleblowing by some of its scientists, about excessive radiation from medical imaging devices, by spying on several. But the larger issue …

Peter Lam's resume reflects a lifetime of experience in the nuclear energy industryu2013including 20 years in the private sector, followed by 18 years as an administrative judge at the …

The Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday reaffirmed the organization's policy of excluding gays, despite recent protest campaigns by members, including some of the group's board.

A coalition of Wisconsin organizations, including the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), have asked state legislators to hold hearings on the need for greater transparency and accountability for …

If lawmakers skipped the myth-making and began putting Americau2019s resources into a series of domestic investments that would spur the economy now, their acts would yield dividends for years …

Many conservative Republicans, as well as the official Catholic Church, believe the metaphor that Fertilized Eggs Are People and that preventing such egg-people from being implanted in the womb …