A small village in the Kenyan countryside boasts a special connection to U.S. President Barack Obama. Kogelo is the ancestral village of his father, and the birthplace of the Obama surname. Residents of this village closely follow the U.S. election, and some are turning to witchcraft Read more…

Diane Alter: Over the past several weeks, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s momentum has spiked. Recent polls place him running neck-and-neck with or even edging ahead Read more…

The middle class in America is being systematically destroyed.  Once upon a time the United States had the largest and most vibrant middle class in the history of the world.  The rest of the globe looked at us in envy and wondered what we were doing right.  But now everything Read more…

Michael Snyder: Under Barack Obama, the U.S. economy has performed worse than it did under any other president since the end of the Great Depression.  After every other recession since World War II, the U.S. economy always regained what was lost and got even stronger Read more…