"The tremendous grass-roots and bipartisan support in Congress for HR 1207 is an indicator of how mainstream America is fed up with Fed secrecy," said Congressman Paul.

For instance, the GAO has repeatedly issued reports showing how the FCC has absolutely no concrete goals established for the nation's E-Rate program, which soaks up 40% of all USF fees, and has given out $22 billion for bringing telecom services to....

For the $89 billion tobacco industry, it will mean new requirements to disclose the ingredients in cigarettes and other tobacco products, and severe limitations on how they are advertised and promoted. The government could also issue new rules on nicotine

As oil prices rise, some say already weak consumer spending is in danger of taking an even harder hit.

As the economic downturn began to take its toll in Elkhart, demand for help from the Salvation Army soared.

Now the lady who thought Africa was a country is an expert on economics. Her quotes speak for themselves:

Wall Street's mantra is that markets move randomly and reflect the collective wisdom of investors. The truth is quite opposite. The government's visible hand and insiders control markets and manipulate them up or down for profit....

We've known for a while where Starbucks billionaire CEO Howard Schultz stands on unions. After all, it was Schultz who once said that if workers "had faith in me and my motives, they wouldn't need a union."

Alicia Istanbul woke up one recent Wednesday to find herself locked out of the Facebook account she opened in 2007, one Facebook suddenly deemed fake. A similar shutoff of a user with a Native American name has been reported on reznet.

The New York Fed is the most powerful financial institution you've never heard of. Look who's running it.