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Obama Signals Four More Years of Bad Relations With Latin America
Barack Obama and his administration are creating a lot of unnecessary hostility toward Latin America.
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An Appreciated, and Rare, Reversal of Economic Doctrine
Why do American businesses not feel that itu2019s worth their while to pay enough to attract the workers they say they need?
Grappling With Phantoms: The Financial Cliff, the War on Christmas, and Other Dim Tidings of Political Disconnect
As we draw near to the Winter Solstice and the days shorten, one's thoughts are drawn inward.
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Reverend Billy Is the Anti-Claus With Message of No-Click Christmas
Rev. Billy's Anti-Claus message from his Church of Stop Shopping takes slew of Santas by surprise on their way to a conference.
Economic Update: Conditions of the Working Class
Updates on Newtown, CT. school shooting, global warming and the CIA, Hostess abuses workers' pensions, and growing gap between CEOs' and workers' pay.
Dean Baker: The Biggest Myth in Obama-GOP Spending Showdown Is the “Fiscal Cliff” Itself
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. As negotiations continue between the White House and House Speaker John Boehner, leading economist Dean …
Serious People Could be Seriously Embarrassed: Why It’s Important that We Not Go Off the “Fiscal Cliff“
What they fear is yet another huge embarrassment, if people see the deadline come and go and the economy doesn't crash and the world doesn't end.
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Fly the Stingy Skies
Michigan Anti-Union Law Drafted by ALEC
Mary Bottari: At the last minute, Michigan governor uses right-wing group's draft of legislation that gives workers the “right” to work without collective bargaining.
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In Britain and the US, Grim Expectations
Paul Krugman: Thereu2019s an interesting mix of contrast and similarity between the policy debates in Britain and the US right now, but people tell very different stories about the …