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Stand Up to Republican Bullies
Call off your dogs, Attorney General Holder. Don't make Justice Antonin Scalia school you on the First Amendment.
The Federal Reserve, QE and Jobs
A ‘QE for Jobs’ program would also represent the greatest reduction in income inequality overnight in US history.
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House of Labor Needs Repairs, Not Just New Roommates
US unions aren't going to meet the challenges they face by further abandoning the workplace terrain still occupied by their own members or by workers strategic to the future …
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The High Costs of Complexity in Health Care Reform
The ACA does not go nearly far enough in restraining ballooning health care costs or reforming the way we pay those providing health care products and services.
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The Global Crisis of Legitimacy and Liberation of the Empty Self
Half a year into Obama's second term, it has become clear what has been done under his watch. He brought to the world continued and unprosecuted massive banking fraud, …
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Police Can Search Your Phone Without a Warrant
Police officers can't just come into your home and start searching through your belongings without a warrant, but that same protection does not extend to your cellphone, apparently.
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Federal Regulators Finally “Mind the Gap“
Corporations will no doubt flood the public comment period with predictions of doom and gloom should the SEC's ratio disclosure go into effect.
What Will It Take To End the Suffering in Syria?
Americans concerned about the crisis in Syria should consider an insightful quote from an August 31 op-ed by the Brookings Institution's H.A. Hellyer: "Give the people of Syria a …
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Give the Sierra Club Credit for Taking on the US Marine Corps
In this moment in which the public will and a bit of nerve in Congress have made refusing to let a president launch a bunch of missiles into a …
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Rural New York Township Fights FERC-Approved Gas Compressor
FERC has allowed a gas compressor station in Minisink, New Jersey, even though a preferable alternative is 10 miles away.