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Nine Pictures of the Extreme Income/Wealth Gap
Many people don’t understand our country’s problem of concentration of income and wealth because they don’t see it. People just don't understand how much wealth there is at the …
Deep Ideological Divide on Jobs Drives Fight Over EPA’s CO2 Authority
Washington - Gargantuan hammers seemed to be the tool of choice for House Republicans at a congressional hearing about the reach of the Clean Air Act. So it's little …
An Egyptian Revolution? It’s Still Too Soon to Say
Events in Egypt over the last three weeks have truly been inspiring. A bottom-up movement — a true people's uprising — has managed to displace an autocratic ruler. Facilitating …
Bachmann and Beck
Karzai Threatens to Close Afghan Women’s Shelters
Women’s shelters in Afghanistan, long under fire from conservatives in the country, now face their toughest battle yet for survival. A government proposal now being considered would bar non-governmental …
Another Step Toward Mainstreaming Nonviolence
The movement that ended President Hosni Mubarak’s thirty year autocratic rule not only has created a spectacular breakthrough for Egyptian democracy, it has bequeathed a priceless gift to the …
Egyptians Can Claim Mubarak’s Stolen Billions
Geneva - For decades, European bank accounts and trusts and the real estate market were havens for dictators seeking safe places to deposit billions of dollars they were stealing …
Fox News Insider: “Stuff Is Just Made Up“
Asked what most viewers and observers of Fox News would be surprised to learn about the controversial cable channel, a former insider from the world of Rupert Murdoch was …
Obama Budget Seeks Deep Cuts in Domestic Spending
Washington — President Obama, who is proposing his third annual budget on Monday, will say that it can reduce projected deficits by $1.1 trillion over the next decade, enough …
“Rich Man’s War and a Poor Man’s Fight“
According to David Nasaw, a history professor at the City University of New York, after having received his draft notice to report for military service during the Civil War …