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Why extending income tax credits to payroll tax payers should be the next big idea in American politics — politically unassailable, progressive economics on a grand scale.

Impeachment should be a serious option — with an intermediary step.

In 1980, John Paul Stevens stood at the center of the Supreme Court. Today, he is its most left-wing member — and he hasn’t changed.

There’s a new generation of African American political leaders, and they aren’t confining their careers to black districts — they’re calling for race-blind, not race-based, policies.

Bush and Cheney merit impeachment and conviction — that doesn’t make it a good idea.

Mitt Romney may be campaigning as the compassionate conservative, but, as George W. Bush has shown, winning the right wing’s backing guarantees a right-wing president.

Like its Chinese counterpart, the new military government of Thailand promotes more investment — and radically less free speech.

Sixty years ago, George Marshall unveiled his plan for rebuilding Europe and redefining America’s role in the world. It was on-target then, and his vision for America’s role is even more on-target today.

In Denver, thanks to low-income and environmental justice activists, a new mega-project will include affordable housing and good jobs.

A new kind of high school in Chicago’s inner city will train its students for high-tech, high-pay manufacturing.