Peter Brown

Henry B.R. Brown, who was a struggling financial consultant in 1969 when he and a partner, Bruce R. Bent, came up with an idea — the money-market mutual fund — that spawned a $3.5 trillion industry, died Monday in Leesburg, Va., where he lived...

by Amanda Erickson Welcome to Swamp Clearing, an occasional feature in which we will dissect one or two of the most-discussed, outrageous, or otherwise fascinating talking points of a particular news cycle, analyzing the claim to figure out how accurate.....

Barack Obama got no lasting boost from his ballyhooed trip last week to Europe and the Middle East, according to new national and swing state polls released Thursday. John McCain may have benefited from his rival's visit to Iraq, Afghanistan and other...

America's major metro regions may be on the verge of transit independence. They tap federal aid when they can but increasingly find money for system expansion right at home. They're learning to get cities and suburbs on the same page as they prepare...

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is tightening the presidential race against Democratic rival Barack Obama in four key states, according to polls released this morning. The four polls conducted by Quinnipiac University in partnership with...

Republican John McCain is tightening the presidential race against Democratic rival Barack Obama in four key states, according to polls released Thursday. The four polls conducted by Quinnipiac University in partnership with The Wall Street Journal and...

A new poll today from Quinnipiac that will cheer Obama supporters. He leads McCain in three key swing states: Ohio 48 - 42 percent, Pennsylvania 52 - 40 percent and (surprisingly) Florida 47-43 percent. The dynamics are not surprising:......

Confronting a potential trouble spot, the campaign of Sen. John McCain produced medical records Friday showing that the 71-year-old presumptive Republican presidential nominee is cancer-free and physically able to serve as president, an assertion backed...

WASHINGTON — Confronting a potential trouble spot, the campaign of Sen. John McCain has produced medical records showing that the 71-year-old presumptive Republican presidential nominee is cancer-free and physically able to serve as president, an...

WASHINGTON — Jim Wasser, an electrician from Kankakee, Ill., stands defiantly, hands on hips, wearing a bright orange International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers T-shirt with a message from the AFL-CIO to 400,000 of its union members in key...

by Mark Silva Asking if it is the Democratic Party's message that has been flawed for many years -- or simply the messengers who were flawed -- Peter Brown suggests that Barack Obama may be able to answer that question......

by Frank James It's been said before but bears repeating: If white working-class voters rebuff the entreaties of Sen. Barack Obama for many of them, perhaps even most, it may have less to do with race than other matters, like......