"Free" trade takes income from workers in the tradable goods sector and transfers it to government employees and the service sector. For workers in the tradable goods sector, income losses are much greater than the gains from cheaper towels. Of course, cheap towels don't help the unemployed much at all.

"Free" trade takes income from workers in the tradable goods sector and transfers it to government employees and the service sector. For workers in the tradable goods sector, income losses are much greater than the gains from cheaper towels. Of course, cheap towels don't help the unemployed much at all.

BROOKLYN, NY – They say only the strong survive in New York, and nothing solidifies the motto more than the events that have occurred over the past seven days.

On November 6, voters will decide the next chapter of hemp’s ever changing legal status in America. With marijuana-related measures on the ballot in six states, federal and state laws will come to a head should any of these initiatives pass.

Governor Gary Johnson is the Libertarian candidate for president. He served as governor of New Mexico from 1995-2003. Prior to joining the Libertarian party on December 28, 2011, Gary Johnson campaigned as a Republican candidate for president.

People have been fighting to overcome discrimination based on sexual orientation, race or gender for centuries and the fight continues today.

Did you know that the word gay was used in connection to homosexuality for the first time in 1936.

In 1957, for the time in the US the number of men and women voting was approximately equal.

In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first the African-American US Supreme Court Justice.

Dirty campaigning has probably existed since cavemen needed to elect someone to handle fire for the first time. In the modern sense, muddy political tactics have taken the form of the attack ad.