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Millions of Americans Could Lose Unemployment Benefits
According to official statistics, nearly 15 million Americans are unemployed. Between 2 and 4 million of them are expected to exhaust their state unemployment insurance benefits between now and …
When Slogans Attack: US Policy Under Siege
I am a bit shocked that so many people around the world are comparing the United States Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing program to China’s currency manipulation. While America’s policy …
New Poll Undercuts GOP Claims of a Midterm Mandate
Washington - A majority of Americans want the Congress to keep the new health care law or actually expand it, despite Republican claims that they have a mandate from …
America’s Failed War of Attrition in Afghanistan
Also See: Jeremy Scahill:| Not the Taliban Leader You’re Looing For (Video) At the end of the NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal this weekend, the leadership of the Afghan …
Michael Moore Meets Wendell Potter on “Countdown” With Keith Olbermann (Video)
Michael Moore Meets Wendell Potter on “Countdown” With Keith Olbermann, Part 1
David Sirota | To Deter Crime, Get Tough on Wall Street
Often, the most provocative ideas arise after swigs of whiskey. This is especially true when a Rolling Stone reporter is around — and, as I recently learned, it's all …
Eugene Robinson | Why Granny Gets Searched
Washington - It's hard to love the Transportation Security Administration, especially now that airport personnel seem so intent on touching people's junk. But the TSA's job isn't to be …
Debt Commission
Thom Hartmann | Roll Back the Reagan Tax Cuts
You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessings. - Andrew Jackson When I was in Denmark in 2008 doing my radio show for a …
McCaskill Questions Government Agencies’ PR Spending
Washington - Sen. Claire McCaskill wants to know how many federal agencies have used tax dollars to hire public relations consultants to “spin” their images — and why. What …