Three months ago, an authoritative Russian daily, Izvestia, began a series on an issue that, at first glance, looks like tabloid fodder. Of course, Izvestia is no tabloid, and this is no ordinary...
Susan Feiner, PhD is a professor of economics and director of the Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Southern Maine. In addition to her academic work, she writes for Dollars & Sense,...
O let me count the reasons! Modern Iran is in a geo-political and historical pickle, but still one of the first initiatives taken by the Obama administration was to send the Iranian Muslim Council...
In his press conference Tuesday night, Barack Obama took pains to emphasize that comprehensive solutions were needed to the economic crisis, and that working families were suffering and needed help...
Domestic violence happens across race, class and sexuality. It is an extremely damaging social phenomenon and yet we rarely speak about it. Until the latest incident with Chris Brown and Rihanna, the...
Zombie banks, voodoo economics—these are just some of the horror-movie terms being tossed around right now that lend an even spookier air to discussion of the economic crisis. But there's a scarier...
There are no words to describe the feeling of adrenaline spiking through my system right now. There are no words to describe the feeling of being pushed by a police officer, someone who is paid with...
Populist anger has reached a boiling point in the US with the announcement that American International Group, one of the first companies to get a bailout from the government, paid $220 million in...
On a typical evening, we are inundated with images of people of color as criminals. While it is true that blacks are overrepresented in the prison population, there are more whites in prison....
Bobby Jindal, Louisiana's governor, was presented as the Republican party's answer to Barack Obama on Tuesday night, giving the response to the president's speech to the joint session of Congress....
