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Obama, GOP Reach Agreement on Tax Cuts, Democrats May Scuttle Deal
President Barack Obama reached agreement Monday with congressional Republicans to extend and deepen tax cuts temporarily in hopes of stirring the economy and creating jobs, and also extending unemployment …
Sen. Bernie Sanders: Tax Deal a “Moral Outrage“
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on the agreement announced Monday between the White House and congressional Republicans:
Selling Out New York City’s Public Schools: Mayor Bloomberg, David Steiner and the Politics of Corporate “Leadership”
Politicians, anti-public intellectuals and conservative-leaning media pundits no longer ask what kind of education is needed in a democratic society.
WikiLeaks Founder Assange Arrested
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange turned himself in to police in London on Tuesday and will remain in custody until December 14 unless extradited to Sweden, Sweden's English-language newspaper The …
Supreme Court Will Act on Immigration Even if Congress Doesn’t
Washington - The Supreme Court this week takes up the national immigration debate that continues to stymie Congress. While immigration advocates and some Democratic lawmakers conjure hopes of legalizing …
A Hollow Bomber Jacket
Last Friday, in a column about economic policy, Paul Krugman focused on “moral collapse” at the White House - “a complete failure of purpose and loss of direction.” Meanwhile, …
Venezuela, Iran and Russia: Can We Stop Being Afraid Now?
For months, foreign policy circles in DC have been abuzz with a new acronym for a new supposed threat: a looming VIRUS (Venezuela, Iran, and Russia). According to this …
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Introducing the “Solutions” Making Government Work” Column on Truthout
Truthout's new “Solutions: Making Government Work” editor, Dina Rasor. Tomorrow, Truthout will debut my new column: “Solutions: Making Government Work.” This weekly column will be a platform …
Ruth Marcus | Opportunity in a Tax Deal
Washington - Maybe I'm getting carried away because it is the season to believe in miracles, but the tax-cut deal just might turn out to be a blessing in …
Robert Parry | The Right’s Power of Media Money
In assessing what went wrong with the U.S. political process over the past few decades, it’s easy to see the broad outlines of the right-wing Republican ascendancy and the …