There are fewer than 60 days until President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in, but President Barack Obama can still take steps to improve transparency—and therefore government accountability.  

Election security experts concerned about voting machines are calling for an audit of ballots in the three states where the presidential election was very close: Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

According to CNN, Americans lost some $16.4 trillion in household wealth as a consequence of Wall Street’s machinations. Something that massive can’t help but have generational consequences.    

Cleveland and Philadelphia, which hosted the GOP and Democratic conventions this summer, are prime examples of the economic dislocation enduring in the US. In Philadelphia, there are 40,000 vacant lots and