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Full Employment: The Golden Age Is in Us
The inherent right to work is one of the elemental 
privileges of a free people. —FDR, radio address, 1937
Gulf Oil Spill: Judge Won’t Budge on Deep-Water Drilling Moratorium
A federal judge said Thursday that he will not reconsider his decision to overturn a six month deep-water drilling moratorium stemming from the Gulf oil spill. That means Interior …
Troops Wonder What McChrystal Was Thinking
Kandahar, Afghanistan - Soldiers knew more than anyone else what damage had been done when news broke that their commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of the U.S.-led international …
A Doctored History: An Interview With William F. Pepper
The shot fired off and it would not be long before 4,00 members of the National Guard were drafted into Memphis, Tennessee, where a dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed to …
Marion Brady | Education Reform: An Ignored Problem, and a Proposal
The “standards and accountability” education reform effort began in the 1980s at the urging of leaders of business and industry. The reform message preached by Democrats, Republicans, and the …
Lawmakers Move to Curb Risky Trading by Commercial Banks
Washington - Rushing to deliver the broad strokes of an overhaul of the financial regulatory system before leaders of the world's major economies meet in Toronto over the weekend, …
Eugene Robinson | Leave the Nation-Building to Afghans
Washington - The good news? Nobody has to pretend anymore that Gen. Stanley McChrystal knew how to fix Afghanistan within a year. The bad news? Now we're supposed to …
David Sirota | After 41 Years, a Belated Victory for Butter
The last time America found itself in a budget debate pitting domestic priorities against war expenditures, Richard Nixon was in the White House and David Obey was the youngest …
Media, Access and McChrystal
There's been a discussion (some of it neatly summarized on the Daily Show) of elite journalists' reaction to the explosive comments made by Gen. Stanley McChrystal and his staffers …
Deb Weinstein | Immigration Reform Hits Milestone
Washington - It was a bilingual event with a common cause: pass immigration reform this year. Leading the call was Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois), who, speaking in both English …