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Walker’s “Anything but Jobs” Special Session Wraps
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has promised to create 250,000 new jobs. In advance of a planned gubernatorial recall election, Walker announced last month that the State Legislature would focus …
California Refuses to Accept Obama’s Banking Sellout
California Attorney General Kamala Harris says that she refuses to release banks from legal liability for the mortgage crisis. (Photo: Obama For America - California) There is …
9/11 Terrorists Made Millions on the Stock Market
Terrorism: The Ultimate in Insider Trading A Charles Sturt University (CSU) researcher says that what happens to financial markets after a terrorist attack, and how terrorists make …
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Ninety-Nine Percent Protests Against Bush and Cheney Indicate That Movement Is Not Forgetting Foreign Policy
On Friday, former President George W. Bush will be speaking at the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm …
The Fire Next Time Is Now: On Planetary Patriotism
Angus Wright has a way of saying things we may not want to hear in a way that’s hard to ignore. An example: During a meeting of …
“Corporations Are Not People”: Activists Push Amendment to Revoke “Corporate Personhood“
After an Election Day that saw a number of wins for progressive causes nationwide, activists opposed to “corporate personhood” — the notion that corporations have equal rights to individuals …
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Foreign Influence: Inappropriate for Lawmakers Tasked With Shrinking the Deficit
In his presidential farewell address, George Washington offered this warning to the young nation: "Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence…the jealousy of a free people ought to be …
Obama to Aid Uzbek Dictatorship
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, in a move initiated by the Obama administration, has voted to waive Bush-era human rights restrictions on military aid to the Islam Karimov dictatorship …
Record College Enrollment Doesn’t Mean Upward Mobility for Most Latinos
Latino college enrollment numbers have reached unprecedented levels across the United States. To be sure, it’s a huge gain. But now many experts worry that the rise in college …
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Next After the Ohio Victory: Run for America
Yesterday, Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected the effort to revoke basic worker rights, delivering a stunning rebuke to conservative Gov. John Kasich. That spark was lit in Madison, Wisconsin last …