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Eight years ago, the people gave the GOP the keys to the country. It's time to take them back.

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is now using his public image,
burnished by 9/11, to conceal crooked business deals and reap handsome
profits from a national tragedy.

How are AT&T, Sprint, MCI and other telecommunications giants
cooperating with the National Security Agency's warrantless
surveillance program?

Because of spotty enforcement, white-collar criminals are far more likely to get away with their crimes than poor folks.

Where is the public's outrage over corruption in US
finance and banking?

Sending Christopher Cox to the SEC is as shameful as sending
John Bolton to the UN.

Why public pension funds might be the real progressive power.

Strategies that unite the vast majority against a tiny elite are sure to win.

This clutch of books offers
an excellent retrospective on the recent stock-market crash, which
wiped out $8.5 trillion in market value.

The economy's vital signs spell trouble.