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Obama’s Jobs Plan: Will He Offer Policy Miniatures or Give ‘Em Hell?
Next Thursday President Obama will unveil his jobs plan. He’ll choose either Plan A or Plan B. Plan A would be big enough to restart …
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California Redistricting Win Ensures Black Voice in State Politics
A couple of weeks ago, the fate of African American political representation in California remained uncertain as the Redistricting Commission prepared to approve or reject its final maps. Although …
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Obama Pulls Back Proposal to Tighten Clean Air Rules
Washington — The Obama administration is abandoning its plan to immediately tighten air-quality rules nationwide to reduce emissions of smog-causing chemicals after an intense lobbying campaign by industry, which …
Reptilian Cotillion: Financiers Party While Economy Plunges
While the world economy trembles and their fellow Americans face blown-up 401Ks, foreclosure threats, and fruitless job searches, financiers are embracing our current feed-the-rich/screw-the-rest mentality with renewed zest.
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Regulations, Taxes Aren’t Killing Small Business, Owners Say
Washington - Politicians and business groups often blame excessive regulation and fear of higher taxes for tepid hiring in the economy. However, little evidence of that emerged when McClatchy …
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Always Someone There to Remind Us
Washington - Thank you, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, for emerging from your secure, undisclosed locations to remind us how we got into this mess: It didn’t happen …
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The Lesson of the Chinese Invasion
Many economic Nostradamuses have long predicted that the epitaph on America's tombstone will ultimately read, “Made In China.” But casual observers probably didn't think the funeral procession would happen …
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Anna Hazare and the Gandhian Ideal
In the past week, the world has been captivated by the bitter confrontation between the Indian government and a short, bespectacled seventy-four-year-old man named Anna Hazare, a self-styled anti-corruption …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Twenty-Five Percent of Money Raised by Romney Came Straight From the Banksters, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
Zero Job Growth In August, as Unemployment Rate Remains Stable
The Labor Department reported that there was no growth in jobs in August, while it revised down its job growth numbers for the prior two months by 58,000. Job …