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Letting the Banksters “Settle“
Another day, another bank in the news — with the settlement blues. Now, Barclays is coughing up $298 million for violating a US trade law. A judge is still …
Robert Reich | Why Growth is Good
Economic growth is slowing in the United States. It's also slowing in Japan, France, Britain, Italy, Spain, and Canada. It's even slowing in China. And it's likely to be …
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Jim Hightower | Corporate America Speaking Out
Congressional Republicans have spent the first two years of the Obama administration as the rock-solid party of “no,” "uh-uh," “no way,” "forget about it," “nothing doing,” "we're-against-it-and-we'll-kill-it." This is …
Funding Public Services Is the Best Route to Prosperity
Amherst - The New England states, can no longer afford to spend scarce resources on tax credits and other business giveaways. Instead, the region needs to focus its economic …
Shirley Sherrod | You and I Can
Back in March, I delivered a speech to an NAACP Freedom Fund banquet in my home state of Georgia. I drew on my personal life story to urge poor …
You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught
As citizens of the nation continue through the summer, distracting themselves from difficult truths by howling at the moon and one another, I spent this past weekend in Manhattan …
Mexico’s Other Border: Immigration and Drugs Along the Mexico/Guatemala Frontier
“It was a nice little town,” Maria explains as she sets the food on the table. Sitting down she continues, “a safe place to grow up.” Her eyes are …
Karzai to Ban Private Security Companies in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office on Monday announced that it will close the country's 52 private security companies by year's end, a decision that could create …
Call the Roll on Who Stands Up for Social Security
As you encounter congressional candidates who are out vote-hunting, ask them a basic question: Will you promise to oppose any cuts to Social Security benefits, including increasing the retirement …