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President Puts American Manufacturing Front and Center in State of the Union
President Obama put American manufacturing literally at the front and center of his State of the Union speech. American manufacturing was at the front of the speech and at …
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Immigration: Global Economy Has Forced Migration
Los Angeles, California - Bert Corona, hero of the US immigrant rights movement. (Photos: David Bacon) Development of the Immigrant Rights Movement to 1986 …
Activist Primer: The Nitty-Gritty on the Amendment Movement to Defeat Citizens United
Hundreds of protests across the country over the past weekend marked the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's controversial ruling on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The protests …
Why All the Robo-Signing? Shining a Light on the Shadow Banking System
(Image: JR / TO; Adapted: epicharmus, _rockinfree) The Wall Street Journal reported on January 19 that the Obama administration was pushing heavily to get the 50 state …
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Mitch Daniels’ State of the Union Response Shows GOP Priority: Beating Up on Workers
Last night’s State of the Union response by Mitch Daniels was remarkable before he uttered a single word. Daniels’ response was the first to be delivered from a …
A WPA for History: Occupy the American Historical Association
[Partly in response to my calls to the American Historical Association to deal with the jobs crisis in the field, AHA President Tony Grafton organized on short notice a …
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Is Schneiderman Selling Out? Joins Federal Committee That Looks Designed to Undermine AGs Against Mortgage Settlement Deal
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been celebrated as the progressive Great White Hope. But the danger of assuming leadership is that that individual becomes a target both …
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Washington Post CEO, Kaplan and Predatory Accounting That Hits Poor Students Hard
In a 2010 letter to shareholders, Washington Post CEO Donald Graham admits that Kaplan University engaged in a scheme to raise tuition on poor students. The scheme was launched …
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Former Obama Adviser: Focus on US Inequality in Election-Year State of the Union Has Occupy Wall Street’s Imprint
In his last State of the Union speech before the November election, President Obama defended his record addressing the financial crisis and called for greater economic fairness. He warned …
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Jim Hightower | Politicos Are Stealing the People’s Property
"Sorry, we're closed." In one of the saddest signs of the times, this message is popping up all across the country, as governors and legislators are cutting off funds …