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President Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appeared to contradict each other this week on whether the TARP program would be extended. The mixed signals reflect the political unpopularity …
The True Story About “Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming“
Why have hopes faded for a binding agreement at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen that began this week? Why aren't the people of the world demanding that their …
Cheney for President?
A Washington-based lawyer and former political director for the Log Cabin Republicans named Christopher Barron filed papers last week to launch a group called “Draft Cheney 2012.” The group …
Bill Moyers Journal | Historian Howard Zinn
Airtime: Friday, December 11, 2009, at 9:00 PM (EST) on PBS (check local listings here).
Can Obama’s Jobs Plan Overcome Senate Roadblocks – and Save the Unemployed?
From reading the headlines Tuesday on President Obama's jobs program, you might think that all the president has to do is to tap into the unexpected $200 billion in …
Joe Conason | The Crushing Legacy of Bush and Cheney
From now on, the headlines about Afghanistan will be slugged “Obama's War,” and perhaps that is fair enough given the president's many endorsements of what he has called a …
Jim Hightower | How’s Our Economy Doing?
Most economists, media outlets and politicos judge economic performance by such statistical indicators as the Dow Jones Average. Aren't there better indicators than stock prices?
Leading Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Faces Subversion Case
Police have presented a subversion case against prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, raising the likelihood that he will face trial and then prison. The move furthers China's crackdown on …
Dean Baker | Yes, It’s Bernanke’s Fault
The Fed chairman Ben Bernanke could have acted to burst America's housing bubble – and yet he did nothing.
Robert Reich | The President’s Jobs Initiative Doesn’t Measure Up
Barack Obama is trying once again for balance. On the one hand, he wants enough government spending to offset the timid spending of consumers and businesses. Otherwise, the jobs …