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FDR Put Humanity First; the Sequester Puts It Last
FDR placed the needs of the American people above petty budgetary concerns, but today's leaders lack his courage and vision.
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How to Know When to Tax and When to Spend
Republicans have either forgotten or just ignored these common-sense Economics 101 principles that have guided our nation for hundreds of years.
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Lords of Disorder: Billions for Wall Street, Sacrifice for Everyone Else
Richard Eskow: We're demanding sacrifice from the middle class - pretty much everybody, in fact, who isn't too big to fail.
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How Inequality Is Killing the Dinosaurs
What killed the dinosaurs the first time around? Meteor? Global warming? Smoking? Salvatore Babones argues that the culprit for the loss and destruction of what little is left of …
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Five Reasons the Keystone Pipeline is Bad for the Economy
The American labor movement is once again facing a most controversial issue — the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. While the KXL debate has largely centered around the …
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No Safety in Being Armed, Why Does Myth Persist?
If being armed made you safe, no law enforcement officer would ever get killed. President Reagan would not have been shot and Chris Kyle, arguably the best shot in …
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Time for Outrage!
“Ninety-three years old. The last leg of my journey. The end is in sight. I am lucky to be able to seize the time I have left to reflect …
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All the Eyes on Immigration Reform
The time for broad immigration reform in the United States has arrived. As a country founded by immigrants, the United States, which has long extolled the American dream and …
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US Climate Policy: Take Five
As congress tackles policy on climate change they
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Fleeing His Own War on Drugs, Felipe Calderón Finds Refuge at Harvard
Citizens from 28 countries are petitioning Calderu00f3n's fellowship.