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Goldman Executives: “No Regrets” for Deals That Accelerated Crisis
Washington - Goldman Sachs traders who helped the firm rack up billions of dollars in profits from secret bets against the housing market told a Senate investigating panel Tuesday …
Oil Spill: Gulf of Mexico Disaster “Growing by the Moment“
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has tripled in size in 24 hours. Company officials remain confident that they can contain it before it hits land, but …
A Fitting Memorial to Labor’s Dead and Injured
We're coming up on another Workers Memorial Day on April 28 - a day when organized labor and its allies honor the millions of men and women who've needlessly …
The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Past And Present
The opening this May of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference at the United Nations seems likely to feature a conflict that has simmered for decades between nuclear …
A Still Moment
George W. Bush was onto something in the fall of 2008 when he remarked apropos of the Lehman collapse: “...this sucker could go down.” It's my serene conviction, by …
The Importance of Getting Wall Street Out of Washington, and Washington Out of Wall Street
Washington’s relationship with Wall Street is growing more schizophrenic by the day. On the one hand, Congress is trying to show how tough it can be on the financial …
Henry Giroux: “Democracy Has Taken a Major Hit” (Video)
On April 8, 2010, Henry Giroux took on Roosevelt Auditorium at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, to let out some frank truths about the world we live in and …
Mexico Issues Travel Warning over Arizona Immigration Law
One day after Mexican President Felipe Calderón condemned the new Arizona immigration law, Mexico issued a travel warning that "all Mexican citizens could be bothered or questioned without motive …
Goldman “Shorted” Mortgages Because World Wouldn’t Expect It
Washington - A key Goldman Sachs trading manager indicated in his personnel performance review that he could use the “fear” in the market of a coming collapse in the …
Joe Brewer | The Death of Self-Interest Fundamentalism
Self-interest fundamentalism was the economic religion of the 20th Century. We are now in the midst of an economic reformation on par with the Enlightenment as we enter the …