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Economy Wrecker Alan Greenspan Was Central to the Formation of the Campaign to Fix the Debt
Greenspan somehow didn't recognize that the collapse of the housing bubble would devastate the economy.
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Six Ways to Juice Up the Labor Movement
The passage of the right-to-work law in Michigan was a blow to the labor movement.
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It’s Wages, Stupid! Progressive Tax Reform Alone Will Do Little to Close the Gap Between Haves and Productive Have-Nots
Stagnating real wages for low- and middle-income earners is the ultimate source of the widening US income gap.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Stakes of So-Called “Fiscal Cliff” Just Got Higher, and More
ecretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner announced on Wednesday that the United States will hit its borrowing limit on December 31st.
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Republicans Are the Ruling Party of Billionaire-istan
If the Democratic Party doesn't hold Billionaire-istan accountable with new wealth taxes and protections for workers, then they will accomplish their all-out looting of America.
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The Price of Revolutionary Illusions
Robert Parry: The cost of a number of American's violent illusions is the brutal murder of children.
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EPA Chief to Step Down, With Climate Still Low Priority
Lisa P. Jackson is stepping down as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency after a four-year tenure that began with high hopes of sweeping action to address climate change …
FBI on Wrong Side of History
Sam Sacks speaks with Truthout's Lead Investigative Reporter Jason Leopold about the FBI's approach to the Occupy movement.
“Blood on Your Hands”: CODEPINK Interrupts NRA’s Wayne LaPierre as He Calls for Guns in US Schools
“NRA Killing Our Kids” - that was the message of CODEPINK activists as they interrupted the first public address by National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre since the Sandy …
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A Year in Review: Democracy & Detroit, 2012
Detroit is the largest of the internal colonies of Michigan. It is followed by Benton Harbor, Flint, Muskegon Heights, Pontiac and Highland Park. The aforementioned cities have been occupied …