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Robert Reich | The Emerging Anti-Trade Coalition, And Its Dangers
Smoot-Hawley here we come. Willis Hawley and Reed Smoot, you may recall, sponsored the Tariff Act of 1930 that raised tariffs to record levels on more than 20,000 imported …
Froma Harrop | Terrorism of a Personal Kind
The schoolyard bully used to work his fists. His target might go home with a black eye, but the bruise would eventually go away. Later in life, victim and …
David Sirota | The Real Democratic Whiners (2)
The way Democratic leaders tell it, their party's current “enthusiasm gap” comes from rank-and-file voters who are irrational and pessimistic complainers.
Foreclosuregate and Obama’s “Pocket Veto“
Amid a snowballing foreclosure fraud crisis, President Obama today blocked legislation that critics say could have made it more difficult for homeowners to challenge foreclosure proceedings against them. The …
The Millennium Development Goals: A Check-Up on Latin America’s Progress
With much to deliberate since their last meeting in 2005, 140 leaders from across the globe came together in New York for the Assembly of the United Nations September …
Democrats Come Alive!
Friends, Ok! We're halfway through the week and we're off to a great start. Last week I gave the spineless Dems five friendly suggestions for things they could do …
E.J. Dionne Jr. | Tom Perriello’s Political Experiment
Danville, Va. - Rep. Tom Perriello is this election's test case of whether casting tough votes is better than ducking them, and whether a progressive who fashions an intelligent …
The Government Does Have Something To Do With It
One of the most telling statements of our political era, –made ten years ago this week by Dick Cheney during his Vice Presidential debate with Joe Lieberman on October …
Praise Jesus and Vote Republican
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Foreign-Funded “US” Chamber of Commerce Running Partisan Attack Ads
The largest attack campaign against Democrats this fall is being waged by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a trade association organized as a 501(c)(6) that can raise and spend …