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Economy
Sequestration: What Do the Automatic Spending Cuts Mean for the Poor, Unemployed and Children?
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Raising the Minimum Wage Is Good for Business (But the Corporate Lobby Doesn’t Think So)
Studies reveal that higher minimum wage levels do not force employers to lay off workers.
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Shooters Transformed by a New Era of Virtual Dehumanization?
A new era of virtual dehumanization has transformed the nature of violence.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Orleans Judge Reduces BP’s Liability, and More
A week before BP's civil trial for the 2010 Gulf oil disaster, a district judge in New Orleans just reduced the company's liability by $3.4 billion.
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A History Lesson for Scaremongers
Paul Krugman: At worst, we're something like France in the 1920s, with its floating exchange rate and large wartime debt.
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Scrap the Sequester, Solve Inequality
Itu2019s time to close the tax loopholes and make Americau2019s billionaire class pay its fair share of taxes like the rest of us do.
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How Congress Could Fix Its Budget Woes, Revisited: The Financial Transactions Tax Alternative
The tax could raise $1 trillion in new revenue per year.
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Poll: Voters Say Minimum Wage Is Not Enough to Live On
Released today, the poll shows a majority of voters agree with the president that a federal increase is in order.
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Nine Economic Facts That Will Make Your Head Spin
Half the population of the US has slipped into poverty or is barely making enough to get by.
The Secret Rise of 21st Century Democracy
We could learn from other countries and vastly improve our own democracy and economy.