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Why This Is Exactly the Time to Rebuild America’s Infrastructure
Seems like only yesterday conservative nabobs of negativity predicted America’s ballooning budget deficit would generate soaring inflation and crippling costs of additional federal borrowing. Remember Standard & …
Shock Doctrine at U.S. Postal Service: Is a Manufactured Crisis Behind Push Toward Privatization? (2)
Today, postal workers and their supporters are holding events across the country to press their demand for repealing the benefit-funding mandate and push back against calls for their workplace …
Unequal Wealth
(Image: JR / Truthout) In the absence of the controls recommended by the Founders and early state regulation, corporations have continued to grow in size and power …
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The Real Job Killer: Missed Opportunity
The New York Times. I’ve actually been avoiding thinking about President Obama’s latest cave-in, on ozone regulation; these repeated retreats are getting painful to watch. …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: European Market Predicted to Melt Down Within Next 12 Months, and More
In today's On the News segment: European market predicted to melt down within next 12 months, Occupy Wall Street spurs protests in at least ten other cities, Corrections Corporation …
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Republicans Cheer Murders of Colombian Labor Leaders
Hundreds of executions in Texas — Republican crowd cheers. An uninsured person in a coma — Republican crowd shouts “Let him die!” And now, labor …
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Obama Finds Supporters of His Tax Plan in Silicon Valley Stop
Mountain View, Calif. — Far from Washington, President Barack Obama found, for an hour at least Monday, an audience welcoming of his plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest …
Corporate Media and Larry Summers Team Up to Gut Public Education: Beyond Education for Illiteracy, Vulgarity and a Culture of Cruelty
Corporate power and money are unchecked as they privatize, deregulate and destroy all vestiges of public life.
MIA: Obama’s New Common-Sense Immigration Policy
Matias Ramos shows the ankle monitoring device he had to wear for ten days. (Photo: Michael Vanacore) Now that the electronic shackle is off, it's really nice …
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Senate O.K.’s Funding Bill That May Prevent Government Shutdown
Reporting from Washington— Retreating from partisan stalemate days before a potential government shutdown, the Senate passed a temporary 2012 funding bill that also replenishes federal disaster aid. …