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The Verizon Strike as the Next Wisconsin
Verizon workers on strike on August 9. (Photo: modernsara) The picket lines are up. This past weekend 45,000 Verizon workers on the East Coast, represented by the …
Could Unspent Stimulus Money Be Used to Fend Off a New Recession?
(Photo: 427) The nation's top economists are already giving odds on a double-dip recession. The Federal Reserve has only a few bullets left in its gun. And …
Israeli Tent Protests Ignore Link Between Neoliberalism, Occupation
A child amidst a makeshift tent camp during a demonstration in Jerusalem, July 31, 2011. (Photo: Rina Castelnuovo / The New York Times) It started in mid-July, …
Quick Retribution in London Threatens Due Process for Thousands
As some Londoners exhale during a lull in the riots that have raged throughout the United Kingdom since Saturday night, others, particularly young Britons of color, face the hasty, …
Will Tax Breaks for the Wealthy Trump the Common Good?: Choices Still to Be Made in the New Debt Deal
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner during a meeting with Congressional leaders concerning the nation's debt ceiling, in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington …
The Macroeconomics of London Riots
Riot police responding to protesters in Croydon, London, August 8. (Photo: tgeasland) London - The riots that surged across England in recent days will have sociologists scratching …
Media is Growing More White. What’s the FCC Doing About It?
(Image: JR / Truthout; Adapted: martinhoward, Pengster) The increasing lack of racial diversity in the U.S. media landscape is becoming a hot topic and putting pressure on …
What’s the Real Lesson of Wisconsin for Progressives?
(Photo: Matt Baran / Flickr) Despite coming up short of retaking control of the Wisconsin Senate, Tuesday's recall elections sent a clear signal to conservative politicians who …
When Is a “Riot” a Revolt?
Several days of unprecedented revolt by the most impoverished minority populated neighborhoods of London has shaken the normally staid and reserved British aristocracy. Prime Minister David Cameron cut short …
Obama’s Legal Duty to Create Jobs Now
The debate about the debt ceiling should have been a conversation about how to create jobs. It is time for progressives to remind the government that it has a …