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In Health Care Suit Against Catholic Bishops, the Specter of an Early Defeat
The ACLU's case against the US Bishops Conference u2013 heralded by some as a bold legal stroke u2013 could be thwarted on procedural grounds.
Dean Baker | The Texas-California Job Growth Derby
In recent months conservatives have been boasting about the strong job growth of red state Texas compared to the much weaker job growth of blue state California. It's worth …
New Lawsuit Alleges That Wells Fargo Has a Manual for Mass Fabrication of Foreclosure Documents
A Federal lawsuit looks to have unearthed a smoking gun about systematic document fabrication at Wells Fargo.
Why ExxonMobil’s Partnerships With Russia’s Rosneft Challenge the Narrative of US Exports as Energy Weapon
The situation in Ukraine is a simple one at face value, at least from an energy perspective.
Robert Strauss’s Watergate Secret
An enduring Watergate mystery is whether Democratic powerbroker Robert Strauss earned his GOP spurs by secretly helping the Republicans in the spy scandal.
The Myth of Maximizing Shareholder Value
So many of the assertions made about “maximizing shareholder value” are false that they should be assumed to be a lie until proven otherwise.
Crimea and Punishment
US politicians and pundits want the American people to get so upset about Crimea's decision to split with Ukraine and rejoin Russia that they will support more US military …
Did Wisconsin Cut Women’s Cancer Screening To Avoid Medicaid Expansion?
As of July 1, Wisconsin's well woman program will be restructured, resulting in no more than 10 coordinating agencies and only a handful of providers to cover the entire …
Debating Secrecy Vs. a Free Press
The US government's campaign against “leakers” has pushed together some odd media bedfellows, with representatives of the mainstream news media joining with more active players who help disseminate government …
Women Republicans Try To Explain Why Women Don’t Need Equal Pay
Using women as campaign surrogates was expected to help Abbott better relate to women voters' needs. Unfortunately, Abbott's campaign spokeswomen aren't any better at addressing the GOPs failure when …