By Alex Shams The Arab Spring electrified progressives around the world in a revolutionary momentum unlike any we have witnessed in a generation. Images of square after Arab square filled to the brim with protesters calling for democratic reforms have helped provide those of us struggling to maintain our faith in “people power” with a [...]

While discussions of the budget deficit have been common in US politics for the last 20 years, the 2010 midterm elections and emergence of the Tea Party have drawn unprecedented attention to demands that the US government dramatically reducing spending and shrink the federal debt. Unusually, these calls for reducing government spending have reached the [...]