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For Alan Greenspan, Redemption, and Wisdom, Remain Elusive
Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve. (Credit: Stephen Crowley/The New York Times) Some people have asked me for reactions to a piece by Alan Greenspan …
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US Nuclear Regulator Lets Industry Help With the Fine Print
In the fall of 2001, inspectors with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission were so concerned about possible corrosion at Ohio's Davis Besse Nuclear Power Station that they prepared an emergency …
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The President Misses an Opportunity to Get the Country on the Right Course
President Obama announced the outlines of his deficit plan, leaving a lot up for negotiation. He planted his poll at the center right and where he ends up, with …
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Twelve Tax-Dodging Corporations Spent $1 Billion to Influence Washington Over the Last Decade
As ThinkProgress has been reporting, while Main Street Americans are having their services gutted and public investment is being slashed, some of the country's most profitable corporations are getting …
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The Time Is Right to End “Zero Tolerance” in Schools
It is too early to know whether the current wave of school reforms will lead to lasting improvements in student achievement. But it is not too early to note …
All Wisconsin Votes Unverified
Protesters in Madison, Wisconsin, March 5, 2011. (Photo: ra_hurd) Whether they're accurate is another question entirely ... The sturm and drang over those votes - …
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The Planet Strikes Back
In his 2010 book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, environmental scholar and activist Bill McKibben writes of a planet so devastated by global warming that …
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My Experience Dealing With the Department of Defense Regarding Pfc. Bradley Manning Has Been Kafkaesque
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). (Photo: SEIU International) Since my initial request to visit Private First Class (Pfc.) Bradley Manning on February 4, 2011, the Department of Defense …
Spreading Models of Success: The Denver Doctrine
Gates Rubber Factory, Denver, Colorado. (Photo: zenobia_joy) At a time when working people are fighting defensive battles to preserve essential services at the state and national levels, …
Budget Deal Cuts ‘Less Than 1 Percent’ Of The $38.5 Billion Claimed
Republicans and President Obama have been hailing last week’s shutdown-averting government funding deal as the “largest spending cut in history,” but as details about the package emerged, analysts realized …