Around 22 percent of American children lived below the federal poverty line in 2013, up from 18 percent in 2008,…
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Oil prices fell 7 percent on Monday in the worst single-day decline in three months after Greece’s Sunday bailout referendum.…
Greece will not be able to make next tranche of debt repayment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as the…
The US Senate passed a controversial “fast-track” trade bill in a 62-37 vote on Friday. It is a key part…
Did you know that if you took every single penny away from everyone in the United States that it still…
In a move that could have ramifications for domestic anti-terrorism efforts, US House Speaker John Boehner said he would let…
The new Universal Credit Rating Group (UCRG) is being set up to rival the existing agencies Moody’s, S&P and Fitch,…
America – its government, businesses, and people – are nearly $60 trillion in debt, according to the latest economic data…
EPA draft regulations released this week mandate power plants cut carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030. According to the…
A special committee headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff, Harel Locker, has recommended a three-phase plan to…
No city or county in Oklahoma will be allowed to set their own mandatory minimum wage or employee benefits, according…
Things aren’t getting much better for the gap between America’s rich and poor: a new study reveals that inequality within…
By Joseph P. Farrell Many of you continue to send me articles, and for this I thank you, and I…
By BENJAMIN CLEMENT The thing American politicians like about a free market is that it allows them to be lazy.…
The US is ramping up pressure to secure a Trans-Pacific Trade Deal with conditions that could undermine the national interests…
The US government made enough profit off of student loans in the last year to provide full Pell Grants of…
A former Federal Reserve employee responsible for managing the agency’s quantitative easing program has written an op-ed apologizing for what…