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Czars, Kings, and Presidents
ProPublica's columnist Jesse Eisinger describes the tendency to focus on Tim Geithner, while ignoring the role of the president.
Chilean Robin Hood? Artist Known as “Papas Fritas” on Burning $500 Million Worth of Student Debt
You may know the adventures of Robin Hood and Zorro, outlaws fighting for the poor. Today we meet the newest member of that club, a Chilean activist who goes …
The Punishment for Being Yemeni at Guantanamo
Join CCR to demand the closure of Guantanamo and to build opposition to both this prison and to all sites of unjust US detentions.
Elizabeth Warren: The New Populism Is a Fight for America’s Values
This is a fight over economics, over privilege, over power. But deep down, this is a fight over values.
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Students Now Indentured to the Banksters
Never in the history of the developed world has an entire generation had to go into debt just to get an education and a job. Until now.
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The 95 Percent Doctrine: Climate Change as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
Consider climate change a WMD on a particularly long fuse, already lit and there for any of us to see.
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American Lung Association Contradicts Its Own Mission
The public deserves to know the shameful truth about the American Lung Association.
Behind the Koch Brothers: New Book Spills the Secrets of Nation’s Most Powerful and Private Dynasty
The Koch brothers' net worth tops $100 billion, currently tying for fourth on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans.
Fed Pulls Back Quantitative Easing
Michael Hudson: The Fed's practice of buying mortgage and government bonds has helped big banks profit while leaving homeowners holding more debt.
Groups Warn TAFTA Threatens Important Safeguards
A wide range of consumer, family farm, environmental, Internet freedom, labor and other organizations held a press event outside the Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement negotiating summit.