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Republicans have been in control of both ends of Capitol Hill for nearly four months and one would be hard-pressed …

When it comes to the American economy, there is little success to celebrate unless success is defined downward. Under President …

Black politicians, civil rights organizations and others who say they are concerned with the welfare of poor black people often …

Oxfam reports that the richest 1 percent of people in the world own 48 percent of the world’s wealth. Many …

In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama was upbeat and inspiring, particularly if a listener had no …

When gasoline sold at record prices, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said, “I think it’s time to say to these people, …

President Barack Obama’s State of the Union rob-from-the-rich-give-to-the-poor speech fed his base by promising tax penalties increases on the so-called …

In his annual State of the Union address Tuesday – his second to last of his presidency – President Barack …

Peter Kirsanow, a black commissioner on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, wrote to President Barack Obama with a warning. …

“Whether one is a conservative or a radical, a protectionist or a free trader, a cosmopolitan or a nationalist, a …