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Dean Baker | Weak Job Growth Pushes Employment Rate Back to Downturn Low Point
The November drop in retail employment suggests that sales were inflated by an early holiday season.
CIA and the Culture of Corruption
Last month, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released a blistering report that documented a secret drug interdiction program in Peru that was responsible for the death of an American …
Politics and the National Debt
The US national debt is the outstanding total of each year’s deficits in the federal government’s budgets (where deficit simply means the difference between federal expenditures and tax receipts). …
GOP Howls After House Extends Tax Cuts for Middle Class Only
Washington - The House of Representatives voted Thursday 234-188 for a tax cut for the middle class and the poor — but not the very rich — a vote …
157 Republicans Vote Against Deficit-Reducing Bill That Gives Free, Healthy Meals to Hungry Kids
Well-versed in obstructing help to the hungry, House Republicans first blocked, then voted against the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act yesterday, a bill that “would give more needy children the …
Alexander Cockburn | Julian Assange: Wanted by the Empire, Dead or Alive
The American airwaves quiver with the screams of parlor assassins howling for Julian Assange's head. Jonah Goldberg, contributor to the National Review, asks in his syndicated column, "Why wasn't …
Haiti: Earthquake Victims Lose Out in Election
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti — Michelle Altima spent all of election day trying to vote, trekking to three polling stations. Henry Emalack lined up at 6 a.m. only to find his …
European Bank Reneges on Pledge for Green Lending
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is reneging on pledges to support low-carbon economic models in Eastern Europe, and is instead ramping up its lending for fossil-fuel energy …
Froma Harrop | The American Dream Is Not All About Money
We always talk about “The American Dream” — about living it, saving it, wondering what happened to it. Few bother to define it. The stereotype shows a single-family house, …