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Homelessness Besets More Women. How to Respond?
Women are the fastest-growing group of people facing homelessness. Organizations, such as one in Los Angeles' skid row, try a multipronged approach to helping homeless women, starting with housing. …
Ethics and Credibility at the American Economics Association
In a few weeks, Economists will gather in Denver at the annual meeting of the American Economics Association (AEA) in a ritualized search for truth, jobs, fame and even …
News in Brief: Senate Democrats May Pass 9/11 Health Care Bill, and More
Senate Democrats May Pass 9/11 Health Care Bill
Bitter Memories of War on the Way to Jail
The speeches were over. There was a mournful harmonica rendition of taps. The 500 protesters in Lafayette Park in front of the White House fell silent. One hundred and …
Pentagon Health Plan Won’t Cover Brain-Damage Therapy for Troops
Versions of this story were co-published with NPR [1] and Stars and Stripes [2]. For more coverage, listen to NPR's All Things Considered [3] starting today at 4 p.m.
E.J. Dionne Jr. | Why Progressives Need CEOS – Really
Washington - The central question in our politics is whether we can break out of formulaic discussions that always end up in the same place. Here's one major test: …
The Military-Industrial Complex Complains
Sens. Joe Lieberman (Left) and Diane Feinstein (Right) with the publisher/founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange (Center).
Dean Baker | Saving Social Security: Stopping Obama’s Next Bad Deal
President Obama insists that he is a really bad negotiator, therefore, the deal he got on the two-year extension of the Bush tax cuts and the one-year extension of …
Richard D. Wolff | US Tax Deal Brings Austerity Closer
Once again, the two old wings of the political establishment do business as usual in Washington. In the tax deal between Obama and the Republicans — passed with the …
Ex-Guantanamo Official Was Told Not to Discuss Policy Surrounding Antimalarial Drug Used on Detainees
Military officials were instructed not to publicly discuss a decision made in January 2002 to presumptively treat all Guantanamo detainees with a high dosage of a controversial antimalarial drug …