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News in Brief: For-Profit Schools Donating to Lawmakers to Oppose New Financial Aid Rules, and More
For-profit colleges have increased their lobbying efforts considerably in the face of proposed new financial regulations, reported ProPublica. The industry says the regulations, which would create a two-part test …
Jon Stewart | Elizabeth Warren’s Greatest Hits (video)
Elizabeth Warren's Greatest Hits from MoveOn.org Official Channel on Vimeo.
Obama Puts Bark in Consumer Watchdog: Elizabeth Warren
Washington - President Barack Obama's decision to appoint Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren on Friday to oversee the creation of the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection cheered …
Senate Passes Small-Business Jobs Bill, Opening Tax Cut Battle
Washington - With midterm elections 47 days out, the last few weeks of Congress are all about jobs, especially those created by small business. Two Republicans broke party ranks …
Robert Reich | The Crackpot Gap
After the victories of many of the insurgent primary candidates she's sponsored, Sarah Palin is off to Iowa today (Friday) for a high-profile series of political events. Is it …
Senate Delays Talks on West Coast Drilling Bans
Plans by the Senate Interior Department to pass a bill that would have blocked West Coast offshore drilling have been delayed, according to a statement from the Senate Appropriations …
Joe Conason | Will Big Tobacco’s Former Bag-Man Really Be the Next Speaker?
With their loud voices and antic style, the “tea party” activists may lead voters to expect something new and different if the Republican Party returns to power. But observing …
Alexander Cockburn | Autumn of a Driveler
Some world leaders mature as they head into the sunset: Jimmy Carter often makes more sense in his 80s than he did as president nearly four decades ago. Others …
Guitars Not Wars
What happens when music fails to inspire, but instead entertains only?
Exporting Jobs, Importing Workers
Maybe you're one of the thousands of young lawyers in America working in some low-skill, part-time job because law firms have cut so many of the starting positions you …