News stories around the country have trumpeted a public pension “crisis” in various states, featuring elected officials who insist that these crises…

There are no shades of grey, no nuance or even cause and effect in the simplistic world view proclaimed by the current…

Transparency was supposed to be a White House priority from the very start. In his first inaugural address, when the world celebrated…

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Last week, Verizon, the telephone giant, went to court to accuse the Federal Communications Commission of "overstepping its authority" and reverse the…

While Colorado and Washington have de-criminalized recreational use of marijuana and twenty states allow use for medical purposes, a Louisiana man was…

For-profit prison companies like Corrections Corporation of American and GEO Group are no strangers to controversy. Their business model rests on incarceration, and their profits…

This past week the US central bank, the Federal Reserve (Fed), opted not to change its current 3rd Quantitative Easing (QE) policy…

As Obama moves to fast-track the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), critics are blasting the highly-secretive trade deal as "NAFTA on steroids" and…

As attorneys with the University of North Carolina's Center for Civil Rights carried out their work of advocating for low-wealth and minority…