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Frances Fox Piven explains why we shouldn't blame poverty on the poor, and how she was targeted by the right.

Americans want President Obama to do something about rising gas prices, but the reality is there's not much he can do.

"Longest scheduled arguments in the court’s modern history" set to begin on Monday.

The Columbia Journalism Review looks at the choices facing local stations with regard to deceptive political ads.

Mitt Romney says we'd be "a lot better off" if Washington took governmental lessons from... the poorest state in America. Come again?

Learn about citizen-led movements to investigate, expose, and counteract super PAC influence on electoral politics.

Tim Karr explores how dirty politics has become a growth industry for local television stations and their corporate parents.

Though most of the country suffered somewhat equally during the great recession, the recovery has disproportionally benefited the richest Americans.

Clickable map shows the total money spent on attack ads by super PACs in the Republican presidential race.

Bill talks with Gretchen Morgenson on how money and political clout empower big business.