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The Market Has Spoken: Austerity Is Bad for Business
The New York Stock Exchange at closing on August 8, 2011. Wall Street stocks plummeted on Monday as skittish investors, already concerned about the economy, struggled to work out …
Hacked and Attacked: How Piers Morgan’s Fabricated Story Almost Ruined This Reporter
The September 29, 1998 cover of Piers Morgan's newspaper, the Mirror, targeted reporter Greg Palast. I am not surprised that Piers Morgan has been outed …
America’s Structural Weaknesses Threaten Its Future
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) performs tactical maneuvering exercises along with guided-missile frigates on September 1, 2010. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ashley Van …
A Historic Opportunity to Cut Military Spending
(Photo: The Department of Defense) The agreement in Washington to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts has made a lot of people very unhappy. …
UN Challenges Slavery Conditions for Domestic Workers
Andreia Soares, a nanny, plays with the 10-month-old toddler she looks after in her boss's apartment in Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 17, 2011. (Lalo de Almeida / The New …
Employment Rate Hits New Low as Economy Creates 117,000 Jobs in July
The employment rate for blacks hit its 4th consecutive low for the downturn. The Labor Department reported that the economy created 117,000 jobs in July and revised …
The Obama Doctrine and the Dangers of the $185 Billion Increase in US Nuclear War Preparations
President Barack Obama works as his motorcade arrives at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, May 18, 2011. Although Obama has spoken out against nuclear proliferation, he's …
Nuclear War or Real Security?
(Photo: Rainer Ebert; Edited: JR / Truthout) In the months leading up to the debt deal struck on August 2, we grew accustomed to news of our …
America’s 4-D Economy: From Deficit Deals to Double Dip
Traders on the floor with music artist Usher, who rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on August 1, 2011. Stocks on Wall Street followed European …
The Koch Spider Web
Virginia Democratic Congressman Rick Boucher was defeated last fall by Republican Morgan Griffith with the help of campaign ads paid for by Americans for Prosperity, a group with strong …