The “fiscal cliff” is a politically manufactured crisis that is more like “steps,” Zerlina writes in a piece at Ebony, adding that Americans can rest assured that the end of the world is not upon us ...

Members of Congress are about to flee Capitol Hill, and they'll be gone until Nov. 13, one week after Election Day. As they shift to full-time campaigning, lawmakers are leaving behind many questions ...

Democrat Erskine Bowles, one of the authors of the highly praised deficit-reduction plan drafted by President Obama’s fiscal commission, has offered to assist the White House and congressional leaders ...