If the government closed loopholes that allow companies to stash profits in overseas tax havens, we could collect an additional $65 billion in taxes each year.

The Memorial Day holiday makes the news of abuses and preventable deaths in the veterans medical system even more poignant.

The case of Hamid Hayat was emblematic of zealous prosecutors building flimsy cases during a time of national panic.

Economist Paul Krugman explains how the United States is becoming an oligarchy - the very system our founders revolted against.

If America's torture program turns out to be worse than we knew, then we would expect -- and should hope -- to see more "emotional" responses in the future.

Replay our live chat with the historian and author about the ongoing fight for FDR’s Four Freedoms.

As Senator Feinstein has revealed, the CIA will not only stall but even spy on Congress to impede its investigation of wrongdoing.

BillMoyers.com spoke with one of the reporters who brought the CIA's alleged monitoring of Congress to light.

Sen. Bernie Sanders says that FDR's 1944 State of the Union speech is a model for what he would like to do for America's middle class. In this post, historian Harvey J. Kaye remembers what FDR had to say.

An imperial era is on the wane, war is in absentia and there are no rising great power contenders on the horizon. That’s a remarkable scorecard in an otherwise appalling world.