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That Giant Sucking Sound…it’s the Oligarchs
The oligarchs are sucking dry America's middle and working class, while the rest of us are being left to feed off of their crumbs.
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Three Ways to Tame Wall Street
Former FDIC chairwoman Sheila Bair offers dozens of recommendations for reforming our regulatory system to do what it was meant to do.
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Chicago Teachers Speak Out Against School Closings – CTU President Karen Lewis Statement on CPS School Closings
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said the following at a news conference regarding proposed school closings: "We are standing here today in the beautiful Mahaila Jackson …
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Our Misguided Faith in Middle Ground
On March 1, Congress failed to avert the sequestration cliff. Drastic cuts to health care, infrastructure, environmental protection, education are occurring. Why? An examination of the cause of this …
Bipartisan Legislation Introduced by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Rand Paul (R-KY) to Reduce Use of All Federal Mandatory Minimums
Today, Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013, S. 619, which will …
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Teach the Children War
The National Museum of American History, and a billionaire who has funded a new exhibit there, would like you to know that we're going to need more wars if …
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Obama’s Still Shopping For A Grand Bargain
President Obama's recent closed-door sessions with Republican congressmen to reach a “grand bargain” has roused suspiciously little attention in the mainstream media. What scant reporting has occurred presents the …
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Chris Hedges: The Day That TV News Died
The descent was a gradual slide into the tawdry, the trivial and the inane.
Machine Guns on the Vegas Strip? In Nevada, ALEC/NRA Bill Introduced to Stop Cities from Banning Machine Guns
New legislation out of Nevada introduces language that would protect the use of machine guns on the strip and in other public places.
Senate Unanimously Votes Against Cuts to Social Security: Media Don’t Notice
The battle over the chained CPI provides a great case study in the state of American democracy.