Just as Eric Holder seems to be signaling an end to the chaos and unsustainable economics of the War on Drugs, it appears that the talo...

Many commentators now agree that the War on Drugs has become an epic failure.  That the Obama administration and AG Holder have publicly ack...

Terrific news today for those interested in fairness and justice in connection with the failed War on Drugs in the United States.  Attorne...

I recently posted on differences in human development across states as measured by the American Human Development Index . There is also ...

I stumbled across an interesting fact recently. The Reddest states (those states most reliable for the GOP) also have the lowest life ex...

In yet another scathing rebuke, Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone underscores the role of the rating agencies in the financial market crisis in...

President Barack Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act on July 21, 2010 . How has the Act fared after three Years? Well, according ...

To those apologists that claim that the megabanks have repaid their TARP loans, thus no harm no foul for the egregious bubble behavior that ...

This blog has consistently urged more accountability for financial elites at the megabanks. While the Obama administration clearly gets ...

It is hard to overstate the impact of megabank derivatives trading on our economy. Although three years after Dodd-Frank they remain a vi...

Jeffrey Skilling mug shot Public Domain Interesting and relevant corporate news over the past several days.  In catching up on recent s...

The War on Drugs has been waged in a wildly discriminatory manner .  The decision to wage the war on drugs in urban and poor communities f...

We all remember the unpleasant days of late 2008. As evident from the above, financial instability led to a solid two years of job loss...

  S&P downgraded Italy earlier this week. European financial experts project that Italy will need a financial bailout within six mo...