USA

By Robert Reich From the Robert Reich blog Washington is paralyzed by snow and partisanship. Nothing is getting done – even as the Great Recession pulls more Americans into its maw.…
Read More...

By Bill Press For weeks, ever since Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts, Democrats have put health care reform legislation on hold, and we've been left wondering what the next move…
Read More...

By Phil Peters From The Cuban Triangle blog What impact will the departure of Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart have on the Cuba debate in Congress? He has been an effective, hard-working…
Read More...

By Robert Naiman From Truthout.org If Michael Moore were to run for president in 2012, it could be a game changer in American political life. For starters, it would likely shorten…
Read More...

By Saul Landau and Nelson P. Valdés History quiz: Name the greatest robbery committed in the last 100 years. A: Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi schemeB: Nazi theft of art treasures from…
Read More...

The president is trying to please everyone, but he needs to take tough action to prevent the U.S. economy's second freefall By Joseph Stiglitz From The Guardian Defeat in the…
Read More...

By Bill Press "What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered," asks Bill Murray, playing weatherman Phil…
Read More...

By Max J. Castromajcastro@gmail.com President Barack Obama has presented his vision for the nation in the form of the 2011 budget. It has many reasons to commend it. The top immediate…
Read More...

By Saul Landau “In a striking admission from the Obama Administration's top intelligence officer, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair announced Wednesday that the United…
Read More...

By Paul Krugman From The New York Times These days it’s hard to pick up a newspaper or turn on a news program without encountering stern warnings about the federal budget deficit.…
Read More...