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African Debt: Funny Money and Stolen Lives
The history of finance is littered with examples of the hazards of lending other people’s money and borrowing in other people’s names. Each new meltdown brings fresh reminders that …
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Economists: Obama’s Jobs Plan Would Help Prevent a Double-Dip Recession
Ever since President Obama released his jobs plan earlier this month, Republicans have been claiming that it will not the help the economy. “What the president’s proposed so far …
Three Big Lies at the Heart of Republican Attacks on the Post Office
In nine months in office, the new Republican House majority has amply proven the emptiness of its early promises: to create jobs, run government more like a business and …
Solyndra “Scandal” Is About Big Oil, King Coal Power And Intimidation
Last week big oil/big coal sent a not-subtle message to the country's investment community: if you back companies or technologies that compete with us we will crush you. Our …
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Pomona, California, Schools to Boost Students’ Awareness About Bullying
Pomona, California - Last year, in South Hadley, Mass., the suicide of a 15-year-old Irish immigrant, Phoebe Prince, led the State of Massachusetts to enact one of the toughest …
The Obama Tax Plan: A Test for America
Most Presidents of the United States end up with a catchphrase attached to their tenure, a memorable line that defines them. The buck stops here. Ask not what your …
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Author Ron Suskind on Obama’s Evolution Amid Unprecedented Economic and International Challenges
In part two of our interview with veteran journalist Ron Suskind about his explosive new book, Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President, Suskind discusses …
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“Confidence Men” Author Ron Suskind Responds to Obama Administration’s Fiery Denials About Financial Crisis
An explosive new book that draws a searing portrait of the Obama administration’s failings, and early management of the economic crisis, has been met with sharp objections from officials …
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Kenyan Activist Faced Double Jeopardy as Woman, Environmentalist
The Kenyan activist, Wangari Maathai, is dead at 71. With her passing we have lost one of our era’s great environmental visionaries. Maathai came from an impoverished, rural background; …
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Postal Service Employees Rally to End Manufactured Crisis
USPS parking lot. (Photo: Tristan Garrett) US Postal employees and their supporters held rallies in every Congressional district across the country from 4:00 to 5:30 PM yesterday …