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A Right-Wing Jobs Program for America
Here's the core economic problem we're facing today: Unemployment and underemployment are rampant and entrenched throughout America, stifling any hope for real recovery and threatening the very survival of …
Gang of Six Plan Gives Tax Breaks for Wealthy, Social Security Cuts for Ordinary Workers
Washington, D.C.- The budget plan produced by the Senate’s “Gang of Six” offers the promise of huge tax breaks for some of the wealthiest people in the country, while …
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Hawk Nation: A Guide to the Catastrophic Debt Ceiling Debate
News reports hold that President Obama scored a political victory by agreeing to put Medicare and Social Security on the chopping block to achieve a "go-big" $4 trillion deficit …
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A British Spring?
British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced plans to hold an emergency session of Parliament on Wednesday to discuss the growing phone-hacking scandal that has threatened Rupert Murdoch’s media …
I Love the Smell of Murdoch in the Morning
The hearings were broadcast by every major news channel, but for something like this, only one would do: Fox.
Paid Sick Leave Is Good for Us All
(Photo: Claus Rebler) San Francisco - The latest figures show that some 44 million workers in private employment - more than 40 percent of the private-sector workforce …
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Poverty Women of Albania Continue to Suffer Legal Advocacy Exclusion
As poverty remains a serious plague throughout South Eastern Europe and the Balkans, especially Albania, rural women who have migrated to urban areas are one of the most vulnerable …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: House Republicans Vote Today on Their Plan to Raise the Debt Limit, and More
In today's On the News segment: House Republicans to vote today on their plan to raise the debt limit, robo-signers return, Rupert Murdoch appeared before the UK Parliament today, …
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Reading the World in a Loaf of Bread
What can a humble loaf of bread tell us about the world? The answer is: far more than you might imagine. For one thing, that loaf …
Are We Nearing the End of the Line for Edible Ocean Fish?
(Photo: Michael Malz) On July 16, The New York Times editorialized that the world's oceans are potentially on the verge of irreversible catastrophic collapse. Due to global …