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Awakening to the Limits of the Obama Presidency
(Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) There are folks who seem to keep hoping that Obama has a “progressive” side which we will all …
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The Crisis in America’s Ghettos
In case you didn't know it, what's called a “recession” in White America is called a “depression” in Black America. During much of last year white unemployment held steady …
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“Angola 3” Mark 39 Years in Solitary Confinement
Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox have entered their 40th year in solitary confinement in the Louisiana prison system. A series of events in New Orleans last month marked the …
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Republicans Announce Jobs Plan – This Time It’s Different
Republicans announced something they called a “jobs plan” today. This time it's different. It really is. This time it really will create jobs instead of just handing even more …
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Execution First … Trial Later: Congress and the National Labor Relations Board
Legal procedure professors who taught current members of Congress must be pulling their hair out. Lately their former students sound more like the Queen of Hearts with their threats …
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Chevron Banks on a Profitable Political Agenda
With 43 lobbyists and a federal influence-peddling budget of at least $35 million this past election cycle, Chevron must have an ambitious agenda for the politicians in Washington, DC. …
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The American Manufacturing Crisis and Why It Matters
Despite the denial chorus of the same politicians, financiers, and economists who told us prior to 2008 that our financial sector was fine, the American public is increasingly aware …
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Welcome to the Violent World of Mr. Hopey Changey
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden shake hands with the troops following the president's remarks at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, May 6, 2011. (Photo: Pete Souza / White …
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Fixing the FCC, America’s Broken Regulator
FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker announced earlier this month that she's leaving the agency for a job as the senior vice president of government affairs for Comcast-NBC Universal. The …
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They Love Each Other
(Photo: Mktp / Flickr) I am in love with my wife. I love her, and am also in love with her, and those are two very separate …