The Latest Articles by Michael Hiltzik

One almost has to admire Republicans for the tenacity and determination with which they keep coming up with new ideas for hobbling Social Security.

We have a term for the intentional infliction of pain on others: cruelty. So what are we to make of the Federal Reserve Board?

For the estimated 1,500 Americans suffering from a blood disorder known as beta thalassemia, the Food and Drug Administration's approval Aug. 17 of the drug Zynteglo was almost unalloyed good news.

The notion of states as "laboratories of democracy" is generally credited to Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis.

California ballot initiative campaigns long since turned into founts of misinformation and lies purveyed by self-interested promoters.

A federal judge in Riverside, California, declared a stem cell treatment firm operating in the state to be exempt from Food and Drug Administration regulations, opening the door to the further proliferation of clinics offering therapies the FDA says are scientifically unproven and potentially dangerous.

The hypocrisy meter has been stuck at the high end as Republicans and conservatives fill the airwaves and social media to decry President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness proposal.

Gannett Co., the largest newspaper chain in the country, had some encouraging news for its news staff and readers in July.

President Joe Biden's student loan relief proposal, including a freeze on payments through the end of the year and forgiveness of $10,000 to $20,000 in loan balances, has elicited predictable cries of outrage from Republicans.