Gov.-elect Robert F. McDonnell (R) recently sent a letter to U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar asking him to allow for the exploration of oil and gas off Virginia's coast

The minimum wage might have been bumped up to $7.25 an hour in 2009, but that number means little to the over 300 workers with mental disabilities working at state-run homes for the people with disabilities in Iowa. That's because they were making, on av

Today only a handful of corporations control the food that we eat. After decades of unchecked mergers and lax enforcement of our nation's antitrust laws, these large multinational corporations have obtained excessive market power, which harms family farme

Three years ago, Varma, a man of no visible wealth, convinced 10 different banks to hand him 20 separate mortgages to buy 10 homes across southern Queens

One of the very first actions taken by President Barack Obama after his Inauguration Day, should have been to lay the foundations and expedite the Campaign 2008 promise of rebuilding America's degenerated infrastructure. Please Read, Sign, & Forward - TY!

The Great Recession is rewriting the rules of American poverty. Data from the Census Bureau, released in September, show that during the first year of the recession, incomes fell farther and poverty leaped higher than during almost any other time....

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Because the breaking news on Wal-Mart's practice is, well, sickening: as The New York Times recently reported, "At Wal-Mart, when employees miss one or more days because of illness or other reasons, they generally get a demerit point. Once employees obta

The owner of a Chicago store that authorities say stocked 17,000 pieces of counterfeit purses, sunglasses and other merchandise faces felony trademark violation charges after a Cook County Sheriff's Police raid.

According to Market Oracle, 2010 will economically suffer a major contraction. Although positive economic news is being currently released, this does not take into account many financial indicators and is basically built upon simple hope and faith.