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In The Conflict, the French intellectual takes American mothering to task.

Last words to an America in decline.

Does anyone care that the economy is floundering and that we are not getting out of this crisis anytime soon?

It’s now the only governing institution that understands the depths of the economic crisis.

As HB 87 scared away the immigrants who worked its fields, officials in Irwin County, Georgia, scrambled to fill the local detention center, the area’s biggest employer.

Republicans are fighting Dodd-Frank's mechanism for dismantling failing financial firms.

Perpetuating the idea that the government can’t do its job is but a half-step away from excusing the government when it fails us.

By giving people a direct voice in shaping regulations, we can make agencies more responsive and accountable, and give citizens a direct stake in policy-making.

The Other America offered a view of poverty that seemed designed to comfort the already comfortable.

The proposed rule drew a blizzard of criticism from the financial industry. Here’s why commercial banks shouldn’t be able to make risky bets.