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LIVE WEBCAST: Prosperity Not Austerity: A Response to the Fiscal Commission and a Blueprint for Economic Recovery
Webcast 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast Discussants Responding to December 1st Fiscal Commission Report: Joseph Stiglitz Dean Baker Nancy Altman John Irons Robert Kuttner Today, President Obama's …
Pentagon Report Shows “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repeal Poses Limited Risks; Gates Pushes Congress to Act
An extensive report released by the Pentagon today shows that repealing the “don't ask, don't tell” ban on openly gay and lesbian military members poses a low risk to …
Russians Refuted US Claim of Iranian Missile Threat to Europe
Washington - A diplomatic cable from last February released by Wikileaks provides a detailed account of how Russian specialists on the Iranian ballistic missile programme refuted the U.S. suggestion …
The Economics and Politics of Elizabeth Warren
Congressional Republicans are apparently intent on a big showdown with Elizabeth Warren, who is currently building up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This is very good news …
It’s Official: North Korea Says “Modern” Nuclear Plant Is Operating
Seoul, South Korea - For the first time, North Korea made its uranium enrichment program a matter of written record Tuesday with the proud claim in the country’s leading …
Esther J. Cepeda | “Illegal” – It
Chicago - Never mind the actual issue of how to deal with unwieldy immigration laws or their reform, today let's look at the long-brewing war between those who use …
A Progressive Deficit Fix?
The co-chairs of the 18-member deficit commission issued a preliminary presentation two weeks ago that favored tax breaks for the wealthy and left open the possibility of deep cuts …
Deficit Commission Moves the Goalpost, Disses Leading Progressive Member
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., says that as of this morning she had not been shown the latest proposal of the White House deficit commission, even as she says it …
Tom Engelhardt | The National Security State Cops a Feel
It’s finally coming into focus, and it’s not even a difficult equation to grasp. It goes like this: take a country in the grips of an expanding national security …
Ireland and the Euro: Is It Time to Part?
This is the way the euro ends. Not with a whimper, but with a bank run. OK, I’m overstating the case — we are still a long way from …