By Katherine Spillar and Carmen D. Siering

Sure, the film New Moon is breaking box office records, and both tween girls and their moms are swooning over pale-faced vampire Edward and hunky werewolf Jacob, who both vie for the attention of our ostensible hero, Bella. Isn't it romantic?

Well.... with...

Eleven years ago, U.S. economic leaders should have listened to Brooksley Born.

Then head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Born was concerned about new and unregulated futures markets. They were growing at tremendous rates, yet their risks were not fully understood. She was especially wary of the lack...

In the waning, lame-duck days of the Bush Administration, still more damage may be wrought as it tries to weaken environmental rules, civil liberties and abortion rights.

One particularly odious proposed change to HHS regulations would make it even harder than it already is for poor women to get abortions...