Many of us have been struck by the huge increase in income inequality in the United States in the past thirty years. The rich have gotten...

Richard (RJ) Eskow – Consultant, Writer; Senior Fellow with The Campaign for America’s Future – Posted: 04/ 9/11 01:45 PM ET...

There is a bipartisan tide of lawmakers who are trying to fix our nation’s out-of-control corrections system, and make funding for...

Ryan Grim – ryan@huffingtonpost.com First Posted: 04/ 7/11 11:36 PM ET , Updated: 04/ 7/11 11:56 PM ET WASHINGTON — The United States...

Wendell Potter – Former insurance company executive; author Posted: 04/ 7/11 09:10 AM ET Democrats who think Paul Ryan and his Republican...

Andrew Fieldhouse – Federal Budget Policy Analyst, Economic Policy Institute Posted: 04/ 6/11 06:50 PM ET Yesterday, House Budget...

David Sirota – Newspaper columnist, radio host (AM760), best selling author Posted: 04/ 6/11 10:00 PM ET The unwritten and unspoken story...

Rep. John Conyers – Dean, Congressional Black Caucus Posted: 04/ 5/11 05:42 PM ET Based on their absolute refusal to compromise on the...

Janet Ritz – Managing editor, the-environmentalist.org To expect banks to care about Americans over their global shareholders is asking...

Dave Johnson –  Campaign for America’s Future Dave Johnson – Fellow, Campaign for America’s Future Posted: 04/ 4/11 11:41 PM ET For most...

Robert Creamer: Political organizer, strategist and author On the evening of April 4, 1968, I was studying in my dorm room at Duke...

Yepoka Yeebo  – The Huffington Post , First Posted: 04/ 1/11 02:57 PM ET Updated: 04/ 1/11 02:59 PM Despite a falling unemployment rate...

Marian Wright Edelman – President, Children’s Defense Fund A year ago President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and...

Lincoln Mitchell – Harriman Institute, Columbia University Posted: 04/01/2011 01:21 PM ET March 23rd was the one year anniversary of the...

Janell Ross: Janell.Ross@huffingtonpost.com – First Posted: 04/ 1/11 07:58 PM ET Updated: 04/ 1/11 08:30 PM ET Two weeks. That was the...

Earl Ofari Hutchinson – Author and political analyst Posted: 04/ 1/11 10:15 AM ET The recent report that America’s most segregated cities...

Dorian de Wind: Ret. U.S. Air Force Major Pulitzer Prize winner Leonard Pitts at the Miami Herald tells it like it is. In a recent column...

JULIE CARR SMYTH   04/ 1/11 05:50 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — Opponents of bills in Ohio, Wisconsin and other states curtailing public...

By STEVEN GREENHOUSE – Published: March 31, 2011 After Wisconsin’s labor battle seized the nation’s attention, after nearly 100,000...

(AP) CLEVELAND – Gov. John Kasich on Thursday signed into law a limit on the collective bargaining rights of 350,000 public workers,...