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Our Acute Case of Fiscal Madness
Future historians will marvel at the austerity madness that gripped policy elites in the spring of 2010. In a flurry of blind panic and irrational exuberance, organizations from the …
Robert Naiman | For Jobs and Peace, It Matters if the Republicans Retake Congress
Life, as we all know, is unfair. As Bertrand Russell noted, "In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, …
New Arrests and Charges Related to the Mehserle Verdict
Approximately 17 people have been charged over the past month with crimes related to the protests against former BART cop Johannes Mehserle's involuntary manslaughter verdict on July 8. Some …
Incumbents Likely to Be Voted Out? Don’t Bet on It
Washington - Since 1976, more than 90 percent of incumbents in the House of Representatives have won re-election, and new signs suggest that's likely to happen again in November, …
Boehner’s Perpetual Tan and Other Scary Stories
John Boehner is known for his ties and his tan. You've probably never heard of this Ohio Republican, who's been the minority leader for four years, but he has …
Nine Years Later
For Muslim Americans, this year's anniversary of September 11, may be the most stressful one yet, and possibly the most consequential. A confluence of events and political developments has …
Richard Trumka: Jobs, Jobs and More Jobs
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James Kwak | Five Arguments Against Tax “Increases“
Last week, a professor making more than $250,000 per year (with his wife's income) put up a blog post (since taken down) criticizing President Obama for wanting to “raise” …
Operation Save America Targets Mosques
The litany of atrocities in this, the Season of Scapegoating, is long and vile: Qurans burned in East Lansing, Knoxville and San Francisco; a pipe bomb exploding in a …