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Dream Defenders Challenge Candidates to Tackle the “War on Youth” in Next Debate
In Boca Raton on Monday, the presidential candidates will be greeted by young activists with questions not covered in the debates.
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Atlanta Police, Occupy Activists Team Up to Defend Detective’s Home
A retired cop battling cancer can no longer make her mortgage payments, and some of her former colleagues may risk their jobs as they camp in her yard alongside …
The Romneys Don’t Make Money; Their Money Makes Money
Behold the tax return: When Romney talks about encouraging the job creators, he certainly can't mean people like himself.
Allowing Sequestration Defense Cuts May Right Our Listing Ship of State
Strategic tweaks in defense spending can slash waste, grow jobs.
Election Countdown 2012: Republican and Green Party Candidates Go Head to Head on State House Ticket in Florida, and More
Mission elapsed time: T + 40 and counting* "Well, I got a job and tried to put my money away, but I got debts that no honest man can …
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Luck, Wealth, and Richard Posner
"I think that ultimately everything is attributable to luck, good or bad,” writes jurist and economic theorist Richard Posner. So the question remains, are the wealthy alone entitled to …
Alive and Kicking It Up a Notch: Occupy Plans for an Expanded Mission in Its Second Year
Occupy marks its first year with an expansive vision for the future.
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The Dirty Little Secret of Private Equity Profits
Private equity firms like Mitt Romney's own Bain Capital are about to spend $22 billion dollars just to hold on to what they already have.
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Citigroup CEO Walks off With $260 Million After His Bank Loses 88 Percent of Its Value
Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit abruptly resigned today, leaving the helm of the bank that he guided through the financial crisis of 2008.
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Romney’s Bain Capital Is Sending Many Jobs to China the Day Before the Election
The story of Sensata Technologies is about the hollowing out of America's economy by a rapacious 1 percent.