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Ongoing Crisis and Liberal Blindness
The double dip of this crisis is upon us. The latest data agree: the housing market has been in full double-dip mode for five months as home prices keep …
The Global Debt Crisis: How We Got in It and How to Get Out
(Photo: BillRhodes Photo / flickr) Countries everywhere are facing debt crises today, precipitated by the credit collapse of 2008. Public services are being slashed and public assets …
The Global Energy Crisis Deepens: Three Energy Developments That Are Changing Your Life
Energy prospects are growing dimmer.
Labor Law Reform – a Key Battle for Mexican Unions Today
(Photo: International Transport Workers' Federation / Flickr) Changing Mexico’s labor law threatens the lives of millions of workers. It would cement the power of a group …
Past Trade Agreements Have Cut Jobs, Wages and Democracy
President Barack Obama and President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea, after a joint press conference during the G20 summit in Seoul, South Korea, on November 11, 2010. As Obama …
Selling the Anti-Immigrant Story
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (not to be confused with the media watch group FAIR), recently held its fourth “Hold Their Feet to the Fire” event in Washington, …
Did The Cable Industry Pay Ralph Reed Millions of Dollars to Orchestrate Tea Party Opposition to Net Neutrality?
As the New York Times and ThinkProgress have reported, Ralph Reed has returned as a force in the political world. A decade ago, Reed was a kingmaker in Republican politics and a corporate lobbyist who …
The Coming Double-Dip Recession
On June 1, stock markets in New York and around the world declined in levels not seen since summer 2010. Days and weeks immediately ahead will likely register even …
After 30 Years of AIDS, Treatment Gap Still Feeds the Epidemic
(Photo: David Wan / Flickr) On the cusp of the 30th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS, a new report from UNAIDS says there is reason to …
At Long Last, House Debates and Votes on Libya War Powers
(Photo: Pete Souza / White House) On Friday, more than two months after President Obama ordered U.S. forces into a war of choice in Libya without Congressional …