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Rose Aguilar | Is Wisconsin Our Egypt?
The people power in Wisconsin has become too big for the local and national media to ignore. Just a few weeks ago, Milwaukee Labor Press editor Dominique Paul North …
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When “Good” Dictators Go Bad
A standard zigzag of political rhetoric went for a jaunt along Pennsylvania Avenue on Tuesday (February 15) with a speech by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at George Washington …
The Leadership Vacuum
Washington - Failure of political leadership knows no party. The past few days have offered an unfortunate demonstration of this sad maxim: House Speaker John Boehner ducking his appropriate …
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Obama and the Failure of the Deficit Hawks
Washington - For 30 years, conservative ideologues have played moderate deficit hawks for suckers. You'd think this might endow those middle-of-the-road deficit-busters with a touch of humility. …
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | Obama and the Failure of the Deficit Hawks
Washington - For 30 years, conservative ideologues have played moderate deficit hawks for suckers. You'd think this might endow those middle-of-the-road deficit-busters with a touch of humility. Fat chance. …
Ruth Marcus | The Leadership Vacuum
Washington - Failure of political leadership knows no party. The past few days have offered an unfortunate demonstration of this sad maxim: House Speaker John Boehner ducking his appropriate …
WikiLeaks Cables Anticipate Human Rights Violations in Lead-Up to Rio Olympics
The even-increasing trove of US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks is shedding light on the realities the people of Rio de Janeiro will be facing as that city prepares …
Angry Demonstrations in Wisconsin as Cuts Loom
Madison, Wisconsin - As four game wardens awkwardly stood guard, protesters, scores deep, crushed into a corridor leading to the governor’s office here on Wednesday, their screams echoing through …
Firms Throw Up New Hurdle: Unemployed Need Not Apply
Washington - As if finding work weren't hard enough already, a federal agency warns that some employers are excluding jobless workers from consideration for openings. The practice has surfaced …
Financial Governance and the Crisis: New Developments on the Horizon
In what follows, I flag a number of new developments that relate to developing country and international financial institutions responses to the ongoing economic crisis. 1. Central Banks to …