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Countrywide Loan Underwriter Found Herself in “Dangerous Territory“
After she lost her job in the fall of 2007, Cassandra Daniels had a word with a trio of her managers. As she recalls it, she told them she …
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Protests Grow in “Europe’s Next Greece”
“What are you protesting against?” asks a man walking home from the pub last night. “Is this about the IMF?” When I answer that yes, this is …
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Netanyahu Announces Deal to Free Shalit
Israel and Hamas have reached a tentative agreement on a proposal brokered by Egypt to exchange Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held captive for more than five years, …
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Coal Ash Regulation Would Create 28,000 Jobs
Does environmental protection destroy jobs? That may be the strongest argument that the pro-pollution lobby has going for it. No one wants to endorse dirty air and water in …
New Free Trade Agreements Threaten to Kill Jobs and Labor Rights
Displaced Colombian farmers on the road looking for work in the sugar cane fields of Cauca. A free trade agreement will increase the number of farmers displaced by grain …
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Obama Campaign Says His Jobs Message Is Reaching Populace
Washington - President Barack Obama hasn’t managed to nudge Congress toward approving his proposed jobs bill or the tax increases to pay for it, but his campaign says he’s …
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FBI’s Case Against Anthrax Suspect Rife With Questions
A US Army scientist stands near the letters used in the 2001 anthrax attacks. (Photo courtesy of FBI) Months after the anthrax mailings that terrorized the nation …
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US Accuses Iranians of Plotting to Kill Saudi Envoy
Federal authorities foiled a plot by men linked to the Iranian government to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States and to bomb the embassies of Saudi Arabia …
The Purpose of a Free Press
(Image: JR / Truthout) In researching this book, I ran across an astonishing piece of writing from our nation’s early years. It’s a fitting prologue for this …
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Will the US House Side With China on Currency?
If we want to bring jobs and wealth back to the United States for the 99% of us who have been under extreme pressure we're going to have to …