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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.

Employment office

The federal government has the unique ability, and thus responsibility, to set baselines for citizenship, economic security and market rules.

A lesson in Republican math and military spending.

The unstoppable legacy of the war on terror.

Corporate whistleblowers get the silent treatment from Washington.

The government is spending real money on an imaginary war.

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.

Gov. Rick Snyder’s ruthless austerity measures have made the state a bleak place to live, work  and go to school.

A famous indictment from a century ago aptly describes today’s corrupt legislative body.

The fierce campaign against whistle-blowers in Washington.

Blogs

Why won't the EPA regulate ammonium nitrate? Barbara Boxer wants to know.

April 30, 2013

When will free-traders-gone-wild own up to their complicity in brutal injustices like last week’s deadly factory fire?

April 30, 2013

The poor have long known that a budget cut passed in Congress means hardship in real life. Now middle-class Americans realize that, too.

April 28, 2013

Air traffic controllers are back on the job, but a host of other issues haven't been solved.

April 26, 2013

The governor’s attack on “cross-endorsements” is really a ploy to ban the pesky third party that stands up to corporate interests.

April 24, 2013

Under a Democratic administration's military crusade, the US is putting out a global warrant for its own attack.

April 23, 2013

The Senate Finance Committee chair who often clashed with party progressives and populists is quitting. A very different Democrat might replace him.

April 23, 2013

Who were the al-Awlakis, and why did the US kill them?

April 23, 2013

What do we know—and not know—about the US’s covert, extrajudicial ops?

April 23, 2013

Budget cuts arise because of crises, not vice versa. Will congressional Republicans ever learn?

April 23, 2013