U.S. Politics / Elections

Economists love to talk about incentives. In this case, such limits would motivate CEOs to augment the pay of their janitors, secretaries, and cashiers for a simple reason: Their own raises would depend on it.

When it comes to the devastating affects of pro-corporate deals, Obama was right the first time.

The signs tell us that a climate crisis has arrived in the natural world. The question is: When will this translate into a crisis in the political world?

A radical proposal would go well beyond controlling the most aggressive semi-automatic rifles and curbing arms sales to the world's worst dictatorships. It would also demand a change in our political system.

With 7 out of 10 Latinos voting to re-elect Barack Obama, Republicans are debating whether to alter their hardline immigration stance.

Recognizing the limits of voting should not prevent us from appreciating the seriousness of an aggressive conservative campaign against the franchise.

On the anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, #S17, our U.S. columnist says the 99 per cent could sorely use another round of rebellion.

Progressive movements are stronger when they can take on centrists or liberals than when pitted against elected conservatives.

Organizations that usually demand cancellation of debts owed by impoverished countries are now calling for debt forgiveness for a different group of borrowers: U.S. students.

Ideology and reality have been set on a collision course, and this absurd mash-up is the result.