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Mitt Romney: Not Exactly a Captain of Industry
It appears that the Obama campaign has decided to ignore the queasiness of Democrats who have Wall Street ties and go after Mitt Romneyu2019s record at Bain Capital. And …
Election Countdown 2012: One Person Is Confirmed Dead After an Oil and Natural Gas Well Explosion in Ohio, and More
These [satellite] images appear to support the rumored allegations [that] drillers and frackers may have been driving tanker trucks offroad, opening the valve on the tank while driving, and …
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Presto! The DISCLOSE Act Disappears
The DISCLOSE Act is meant to reveal who's donating $10,000 or more to super PACs and trade groups.
Investigation Takes a Closer Look at GOP Donor to Adelson’s Billions
Steve Engelberg, managing editor of ProPublica talks with Rachel Maddow about the reporting in a new ProPublica/FRONTLINE PBS collaboration looking into the questionable dealings behind the Macau-based casino fortune …
Report on the Greek Left
Leo Panitch: Recently returned from Greece, a report on Syriza, the left party that could win the next election
The Story of Change
Annie Leonard: Ever since I learned where our stuff really comes from u2013 and how this system is trashing people and the planet[i] u2013 Iu2019ve been trying to figure …
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Four Spending Myths That Could Wreck Our World: How Not to Solve an American Crisis
If lawmakers skipped the myth-making and began putting Americau2019s resources into a series of domestic investments that would spur the economy now, their acts would yield dividends for years …
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Economic Rapture Might Be Around the Corner
If the deficit disappears, our economic nightmare might finally come to an end.
After National Gathering, Is There Room for Insurrectionary Anarchism in Occupy?
The idea, according to organizers, was to bring Occupy participants together from around the country to share and focus visions for the movement.
Moyers Moment (2009): Michael Perino on the Pecora Commission
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimonu2019s hearings before Congress last month were strikingly similar u2014 in circumstances if hardly in results u2014 to the 1930s Senate Banking Committee hearings known …