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Robert Reich | Why China’s Currency Announcement Is Hokum
The stock market is euphoric over China's apparent decision to allow its currency to rise against the dollar. Watch your wallets. China isn't really changing anything. It's only doing …
Supreme Court’s War on Terror Decision Permits Prosecution of US Organizations
Washington - The Supreme Court on Monday bolstered law enforcement in national security cases, permitting prosecution of U.S. organizations that provide non-violent legal training or advice to designated terrorist …
The Water We Need
It’s hard to imagine that Seattle could ever face a water shortage. In my fourth December here, my husband and I bailed buckets of stormwater out of the basement …
Howard Fineman | Is Silence Golden? Circumventing the Press May Pay
Do political candidates still need the press? Based on what's going on in Kentucky, where I began my career, I'm no longer sure. After saying a few weeks ago …
Jonathan Alter | Time to Tap T.R. and Renew the Progressive Tradition
The BP spill is a failure not just of technology but ideology. That oil flows into the ocean from the deregulatory tide of the last 30 years.
Restoring California’s Wild Watersheds
Jim Wilcox is sitting on a rock near a quarter-acre pond watching a pair of willow flycatchers flit in and out of the brush across the water. The 15-inch …
Mismanaging Contraction
Lesson of the Macondo: Blowout preventers don't prevent blowouts. This comes as a shock to people attuned to the on-schedule arrival of techno-miracles. Now, all the acronym-studded invocations of …
Domestic Workers Unite for Their Rights
New York - Ephese speaks rapidly, her hands sweeping the air around her for emphasis. Peach-tipped fingernails come to rest momentarily on her peach-coloured skirt as she leans forward, …
BP Launches ‘Aggressive’ Social Media Campaign but Disables Comments from Users Who Don’t ‘Like’ It
BP has been making a major public relations push over the past few weeks to burnish its image in the wake of the massive devastation it has caused in …
School Diversity Under Siege
The South has made more progress in providing children the opportunity to attend desegregated schools. Now, sadly, it’s also the region where re-segregation is growing fastest.