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Mark Grief | Gut-Level Legislation, or, Redistribution
While n+1 welcomes the new financial regulatory bill passed last week by Congress, we think it’s important to remember that real financial reform will come through taxation, which it …
Hungary, the IMF and the EU
The more things change, the more they really do stay the same. For a while after the global crisis, we were told that the IMF had changed its position …
Special Prosecutor Finds “Insufficient Evidence” to File Charges Over US Attorney Firings
A special prosecutor, who spent nearly two years investigating whether former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other Bush administration officials committed crimes in connection with the firing of …
The New Warlord of Oz
The Order of Mates celebrated beside Sydney Harbour the other day. This is a venerable masonry in Australian political life that unites the Labor Party with the rich elite …
Experts: Health Hazards in Gulf Warrant Evacuations
When Louisiana residents ask marine toxicologist and community activist Riki Ott what she would do if she lived in the Gulf with children, she tells them she would leave …
Using Race to Smear Obama
Washington - After the Shirley Sherrod episode, there's no longer any need to mince words: A cynical right-wing propaganda machine is peddling the poisonous fiction that when African-Americans or …
News in Brief: Punk Jihad: Riots Erupt in France, Burqa Ban Gains Steam
Tensions in France reached a boiling point this week after controversial legislation that would ban traditional Muslim veils succeeded in the French lower house and violent riots erupted in …
“Our American Heroes”: Why It’s Wrong to Equate Military Service With Heroism
When I was a kid in the 1970s, I loved reading accounts of American heroism from World War II. I remember being riveted by a book about the staunch …
Unemployment Extension 101: What You Need to Know
On Wednesday, after weeks of grueling legislative battle, the US Senate has approved a fourth extension of unemployment insurance benefits. It will cost about $34 billion and help 2.5 …
Robert Reich | We’re in a One-and-a-Half Dip Recession
We're not in a double-dip recession yet. We're in a one and a half dip recession. Consumer confidence is down. Retail sales are down. Home sales are down. Permits …