Perspectives

If the horrific murders at the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo was a strategic strike, then the French public must resist playing into the hands of the terrorists.

The GOP will take advantage of their majority to chip away at restrictions placed on big banks to prevent the risk-taking that led to the 2008 financial crisis.

Mario Cuomo's 1984 speech serves as a reminder to the president and the Democratic party what struggling Americans need from them.

When other Democrats supported state executions, Cuomo made a forceful moral argument against it.

As we head into 2015, it's important to remember how quickly progressive change that seemed radical at one time, becomes inevitable when enough people make a ruckus!

A useful set of market-friendly policies that an economist thinks will lead to both more equality and more growth.

Holiday bells are silent in the homes of America’s struggling working poor, while CEOs’ Christmas plums are super-sugared with record-breaking corporate profits.

The national focus on flaws in our criminal justice system this year could lead to stronger reforms in 2015.

Among developed countries, only Romania has a higher rate of child poverty. That's because America has embraced a policy agenda in recent decades that has caused its economy to become wildly unequal.

We look ahead at what's likely to come as Republicans take control of the Senate.