Paul Krugman’s right: Austerity kills
Austerity kills -- radical cuts destroy economies and lives, and the honest numbers and economics keep proving it
Sunday, May 19, 2013 6:45 PM UTC 63Austerity, Books, New Deal
Austerity, Books, New Deal
Austerity kills -- radical cuts destroy economies and lives, and the honest numbers and economics keep proving it
Sunday, May 19, 2013 6:45 PM UTC 63The U.S. uses the ideology of human rights as a political tool, embracing -- or ignoring -- it when convenient
Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 14Massive financial schemes by anti-government zealots and sovereign citizens have states scrambling for protection
Sunday, May 19, 2013 11:00 AM UTC 57Loaded terminology like "entitlements" and "welfare" skews the debate and alters America. Here's how it works
Saturday, May 18, 2013 9:30 PM UTC 103A leading conservative argues that immigration reform and a boost in wages need to go hand in hand
Saturday, May 18, 2013 7:30 PM UTC 13Over the past 20 years, corporate profits have quadrupled while the corporate tax rate has dropped by half
Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 137The unmasking of a writer who took extraordinary advantage of online anonymity to pursue old vendettas
Friday, May 17, 2013 6:05 PM UTC 165After tens of thousands of disfiguring injuries, companies like Black & Decker are still resisting safety fixes
Friday, May 17, 2013 5:49 PM UTC 15When will lawmakers realize that job creation is the key to jumpstarting a flagging economy?
Friday, May 17, 2013 3:07 PM UTC 20Industry "self-regulation" means our foods are increasingly doused in bacteria-killing chemicals
Friday, May 17, 2013 2:45 PM UTC 20The product director fails to allay privacy concerns with his comments about the computer headsets
Friday, May 17, 2013 1:05 PM UTCThe president has allowed several scandals to flourish in part because he hasn't defined his core agenda
Friday, May 17, 2013 12:44 PM UTC 15The state has sold $83 million worth of Powerball tickets since April, 11 percent of the game's sales
Friday, May 17, 2013 12:33 PM UTCCongress is set to hold its first hearing on the agency's increased scrutiny of Tea Party groups
Friday, May 17, 2013 12:26 PM UTCInspector General report finds no evidence Tea Party groups were targeted for political reasons
Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:55 PM UTC 72Military bases are plagued by loan companies charging exorbitant rates to debt-ridden service members
Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:20 PM UTCThe Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer wants to develop its own brand by introducing a line of LCD TVs VIDEO
Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:17 PM UTC 10A guided tour of biblical proportions
Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:17 PM UTCUnless Citizens United is overturned, 1-percenters will forever determine who we can elect to office
Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:47 PM UTC 35DHS is developing a system to use classified information gleaned on vulnerabilites to protect businesses
Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:29 PM UTCCEO Marillyn Hewson frets about the fate of her billion-dollar defense company
Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:25 PM UTCA review of 500 restaurants found most companies fail to pay workers the wages they deserve
Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:42 PM UTCThe preppy brand is tanking with consumers after its CEO's recent remarks about "larger people" made everyone angry
Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:36 PM UTC 45For all the outcry about targeting by ideology, IRS has for years unfairly favored a different group: the rich
Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:09 PM UTCA new wave of products and services will test how much we want computers to dictate our day-to-day existence
Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:40 PM UTCResearchers in Denmark report a relationship between bicep size and support for progressive economic policies VIDEO
Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:32 PM UTC 13The sweeping farm bill would cut a little more than 3 percent from the domestic food aid program
Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:19 PM UTCAccording to Attorney General Eric Holder, the FBI is looking into potential civil rights violations at the agency
Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:35 AM UTCThe president said that Americans have a right to be angry about the agency's targeting of conservative groups
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10:38 PM UTC"The Great Gatsby Curve" plots income inequality against social mobility. Guess where the U.S. falls on the chart
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10:01 PM UTC 11Online games, maps and a music-streaming service are among its latest offerings
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:42 PM UTCNetwork execs want it both ways, but either the content of their programming is acceptable for viewing or it isn't
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:40 PM UTCAlthough Tea Party applicants got unfair IRS scrutiny, only one known group had status revoked. They’re Democrats
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 8:49 PM UTC 67The house speaker rips the IRS as Attorney General Eric Holder prepares to testify
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 5:08 PM UTCThe real outrage is why these political groups have tax-exempt status in the first place
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 3:36 PM UTC 11Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered a criminal probe into the agency's targeting of Tea Party groups
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:57 AM UTCThe Benghazi/IRS/AP trifecta was the moment critics of Obama and the government had been waiting for. Or was it?
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 181Media rightfully outraged by spying on AP – but what about government surveillance on non-journalists?
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:50 PM UTC 28A new report from the Treasury inspector general explains how the practice continued for upwards of 18 months
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:43 PM UTCThe low-cost Q5 is the company's third smartphone to run the new BlackBerry 10 system
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:32 PM UTC