The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, draws fire for claiming it's "not fashionable in progressive circles" to talk about the deficit.

Iraqis are demanding an end to corruption and sectarianism, while also objecting U.S. troops and Iranian influence.

From Chile to Iraq, popular uprisings against austerity and corruption are spreading like wildfire at a crucial point in history.

Working people are rising up against austerity, yet our political press only sees fit to describe the threat they pose to law and order.

A U.N. health expert warns increasing inequality is taking a steep psychological toll on the U.S., the U.K. and nations across the West.

The 39th president was denied a second term largely by issues beyond his control—a bad economy and foreign tumult—and not by his own failings.

For years, officials ignored calls to upgrade the facility. One O Globo columnist calls the tragedy "a sort of national suicide."

The last decade has been a triumph for Keynesian economics, argues The Week’s Ryan Cooper.