by The Huffington Post News Team [courtesy of Politics on HuffingtonPost.com]

DANBURY, Conn. — Sen. Christopher Dodd said Monday that the controversy over two loans he received will not compromise his ability to lead Congress' efforts...

by Matt Stoller [courtesy of Open Left - Front Page]

by Tula Connell [courtesy of Firedoglake]

Here's an idea. Instead of retiring when we turn 65, let's go to work scrubbing tables at the nearest fast-food outlet.Sound good? Not to most of us. But it's a future that U.S. workers increasingly are facing. America's workers aren't just losing their homes in what is misleadingly termed the nation's mortgage crisis.