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For-Profit Colleges Are Bankrolling Romney to Keep Student Loan Money Flowing
Unfortunately there is great pressure at this time to cut back on state educational funding. The for-profit schools have an incentive to lobby for these states'
Syrian Rebels Now Using EFPs in Bombs, Bane of US in Iraq
Though they still lack the kind of heavy weaponry that might help them decisively drive back the military, rebels in central Syria are constructing bigger and more effective bombs, …
Election Countdown 2012: Political Consultant Sentenced to 60 Days in Prison for His Role in Sending Automated Robocalls, and More
Daily countdown to the election, with links that keep you in the know!
The US Labor Movement at the Crossroads, in the Crosshairs
The labor movement had better do some deep soul searching, and fast. Although the defeat in Wisconsin is the horrible end to a local drama, the corporate winners hope …
Progressives Love Elizabeth Warren – Will Massachusetts Voters?
Before Occupy was a gleam in an activist's eye, Elizabeth Warren began her relentless crusade against the widening income inequality gap. Will that translate into votes?
Wall Street’s Mutant Greed Gene Marches On
In the realm of prevarication, there are deceivers, fibbers, liars, politicians ... and Bank of America. For weeks, this financial behemoth has been running a nationwide PR blitz, portraying …
The Swap Crisis
In-depth analysis of a new banking ploy to tank state economies.
BREAKING: Johnson & Johnson Drops ALEC
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson announced today that they are dropping their membership from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
Election Countdown 2012: Labor Launches a Campaign to Register 500,000 New Union Voters, and More
Daily countdown to the election, with links that keep you in the know!
The Army’s Flawed Resilience-Training Study: A Call for Retraction
Despite the overhyped claims of CSF's leading proponents, at this point, there is little evidence to suggest that CSF works.