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Ari Berman on Mitt Romney’s bogus job numbers.

The financial crunch has broken the illusion of stability, exposing a deeper crisis of representation.

As politicians dither, the threat of default spreads from Greece to Spain and Italy.

Spending the same money on education, or clean energy, would bring many more jobs—among other benefits.

We do not care a whit about their human rights as long as they satiate our unbridled appetites.

Total debt now exceeds $1 trillion. We should write off existing debt and make public college free.

To restore the American Dream for the 99 percent, we must first bring the “invisible poor” out of the shadows.

Fifty years after the publication of The Other America, imagining that the author would find cause for hope—and dismay—in today's political culture.

It took pressure from progressives to get a partly decent mortgage fraud settlement. They can’t take their eyes off the prize now.

Who will speak for the rights of the unborn now that Rick Santorum is gone from the race?