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In Wisconsin, Union Defeat Doesn’t Mean Tea Party Win
Even though Ronald Reagan is long dead,
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Bringing the Battlefield to the Border
Arizona leads the American Border War—a movement that has increasingly moved from the fringe to the mainstream in the southern US.
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Why We Have to End the Bush Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
Romney and the Republicans are pushing a reverse-Robin Hood plan that takes from the middle class and the poor while rewarding the rich.
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Gold Rush in Haiti! Who Will Get Rich?
The gold rush that has been quietly shaping up over the past several years promises to produce some $20 billion in wealth, but where will the money go?
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Election Countdown 2012: Elizabeth Warren Must Push Against Scott Brown’s DoubleSpeak, and More
A one-stop shop for the political misgivings leading up to the 2012 election.
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Fifty Thousand Petitioners Tell Justice Dept.: Focus on Prosecuting Bankers
In less than 36 hours, a petition by Rebuild the Dream calling on the Department of Justice to focus on prosecuting crimes done by Wall Street executives during the …
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How Bank of America Execs Hid Losses — in Their Own Words
When Bank of America announced it was buying Merrill Lynch in September 2008, bank execs told their shareholders that the merger might hurt earnings a touch. It didn't turn …
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Will the European Central Bank Stop Greek “Bank Jog”?
The Financial Times's Alphaville blog recently had a good write-up of what's happening, and - implicitly - how the Greek euro exit may be approaching.
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Joseph Stiglitz on “The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future”
Several months before Occupy Wall Street, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz wrote, “Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%,” an article for Vanity Fair. He returns …
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The Big-Lie Coup d’Etat
Big corporations work anonymously, to take over the reins of government.