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Single-Payer Health Care Rises Again
(Photo: Ernie|Bert) Ever so slowly, our national dialogue is turning away from dead terrorists and Pakistani collusion to the issues facing the American people right here at …
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The Urgent New Reality for US Labor Unions
The recent shakeup in Wisconsin is likely a preliminary tremor that predicts a larger earthquake. And like all natural disasters, the events in Wisconsin jolted people awake to grapple …
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Senate Probes Privacy Practices of Google, Apple
Executives from Google and Apple defended their mobile privacy policies at a Congressional hearing Tuesday as Sen. Al Franken (D-Minnesota) called attention to recent reports that iPhones androids and …
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Will the Courts Wreck Health Care?
As if our political system was not having enough trouble already, we now confront the possibility that a highly partisan judiciary will undo a modest health care reform that …
Time to Break Up the Telecom Giants
(Photo: Bandido of Oz) At the dawn of the 20th century, the oil pipes defined America. As the 21st century emerges, the information pipes define America and …
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Koch Brothers Fueling Far-Right Academic Centers Across the US
Yesterday, ThinkProgress highlighted reports from the St. Petersburg Times and the Tallahassee Democrat regarding a Koch-funded economics department at Florida State University (FSU). FSU had accepted a $1.5 million …
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News in Brief: Anti-Austerity Protests Erupt in Greece and More
Anti-Austerity Protests Erupt in Greece
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Galleon’s Rajaratnam Found Guilty
Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire investor who once ran one of the world’s largest hedge funds, was found guilty of fraud and conspiracy on Wednesday by a federal jury in …
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Koch Brother Buys the Right to Interfere in Faculty Hiring at Florida State University
A conservative billionaire who opposes government meddling in business has bought a rare commodity: the right to interfere in faculty hiring at a publicly funded university. A …
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Boehner’s Unreality Check
Washington - The news out of House Speaker John Boehner's speech to the New York Economic Club was his demand for “cuts of trillions, not just billions” before the …