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Banksters Take Us to the Brink
Moyers and Winship: You wonder why the banksters still roam free, like gunslingers in a Wild West town without a sheriff.
Gar Alperovitz: Is Public Ownership the Solution?
Gar Alperovitz: When it comes to banking and other critical sectors, public ownership is the only solution.
Beyond Barclays: Laying Out the LIBOR Investigations
Revelations about other banks have been trickling out over the past year.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Public Transportation System Is Failing Low-Income Workers, and More
In today's On the News segment: According to a new study by the Brookings Institute u2013 only a quarter of Americans can get to work in less than 90 …
Where the Money Lives: Vanity Fair Report Reveals Loopholes, Offshore Havens Behind Romney’s Fortune
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is on the hot seat over where he stashes his vast personal fortune, estimated at up to $250 million.
Unions Are in Peril
The Knox decision is just the latest attack in the ongoing battle against labor. And like the fight in Wisconsin and other states, it focuses on public sector unions …
Kucinich Explains the LIBOR Scandal
What has emerged from the Barclayu2019s Bank inquiry is evidence that banks may have in fact been deliberately manipulating Libor rates for years.
America Beyond Capitalism: An “Evolutionary Reconstruction” of the System Is Necessary and Possible
With the radical decline of organized labor, a new progressive politics must build new institutional foundations or remain in a defensive and declining posture.
Are Stereotypes About Southern Europeans Fueling Austerity Rhetoric?
You donu2019t have to be an ultra-conservative to fear seeing America turn into one of those Mediterranean lands. No doubt itu2019s a prospect that disturbs plenty of Americans across …
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John Deere, CVS Caremark, HP, MillerCoors and Best Buy Drop ALEC
Today, five new companies have pledged to stop funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). They include John Deere, CVS Caremark, MillerCoors, HP, and Best Buy.