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Uninsured by Ron Paul, His 2008 Campaign Manager Died Owing $400,000 for Medical Care
Ron Paul knows something about uninsured men dying without health insurance. Kent Snyder, who was Paul's 2008 presidential campaign manager, died on June 26 of that year without any …
New Census Data Show Middle Class Continues to Struggle
The middle class received close to the smallest share of the nation’s income it ever has since this data was first collected, according to Census data released today. In …
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GOP Gains House Seat Vacated by Weiner
A little-known Republican businessman from Queens, channeling voter discontent with President Obama into an upset, won election to Congress on Tuesday from the heavily Democratic district in New York …
Dean Baker: Why Didn’t We Make These Guys Run Around Naked With Their Underpants Over Their Heads?
Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy (CEPR) in Washington, DC. (Photo courtesy of Dean Baker) Economist Dean Baker is co-director of the Center …
Elizabeth Warren: My Announcement
Guess What? It Is Cheaper to Use Federal Government Employees Than Contractor Employees
(Image: JR / Truthout) Having looked at federal government contracting for 30 years, I have heard over and over again that government employees make too much money …
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The War You Don’t See
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The Cult of Death
Attendees clap during the CNN Tea Party Republican Debate at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 12, 2011. Eight Republican presidential candidates squared off with host …
Not Since the War of 1812
The horrifying atrocities of September 11 are new in world affairs, not in their scale and character, but in the target.