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Food Stamps Helped Reduce Poverty Rate, Study Finds
Washington - A new study by the Agriculture Department has found that food stamps, one of the country's largest social safety net programs, reduced the poverty rate substantially during …
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Withdraws Support From ALEC
Following Kraft, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and Intuit, another influential sponsor of ALEC has withdrawn its support from the right-wing corporate front group. Roll Call reports: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation today became the latest …
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US Hedge Fund Managers Can Buy Anything, Except Respect
Traders on the floor of the stock exchange on Wall Street continue their work as President Obama gives a speech about banking reforms at Cooper Union in Manhattan Thursday, …
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How Occupy Wall Street Plans to Take Down Bank of America, and How You Can Help
Bank of America: the very name is meant to conjure up comforting, red-white-and-blue fantasies of a bank of the people, by the people, and for the people. But as Matt …
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Taxing Job Creators
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Judge Rules Wells Fargo Engages in “Reprehensible,” Systemic Accounting Abuses on Mortgages
One of our ongoing frustrations about media coverage of the mortgage mess is its failure to pay much attention to ample evidence of substantial servicer overcharges to borrowers. It’s …
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Federal Funds to Train the Jobless Are Drying Up
With the economy slowly reviving, an executive from Atlas Van Lines recently visited Louisville, Ky., with good news: the company wanted to hire more than 100 truck drivers ahead …
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What Could Obama Learn from Brazil President Dilma Rousseff?
Sao Paulo, Brazil — Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff might not get a formal state visit or even Washington's attention for a full day when she meets President Barack Obama …
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When Liberals Stop Being Wimps
Elon, NC - Conservatives are not accustomed to being on the defensive. They have long experience with attacking the evils of the left and the abuses of activist judges. …
The Invisible Hand Is Invisible Because It Isn’t There
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)Americans have had it drilled into them that government is bad, but a new narrative is surfacing. Last Thursday, Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow Jeff Madrick …