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Economy
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Spain’s Economy, Front and Center
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) I've always viewed Spain, not Greece, as the quintessential euro crisis country. With Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's government balking — …
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Michael Harrington and “The Other America”: Their Legacy 50 Years Later
Renowned historians, sociologists and activists including William Julius Wilson, Maurice Isserman, Peter Dreier, David O’Brien, Bruce Western, Annette Lareau and others will speak at a two-day conference on poverty …
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A Seven-Day Plan to Finally Hold Wall Street Accountable
Susan Hall is an underwater homeowner who is having trouble finding a single point of contact to help modify her mortgage, outside her home in Cotati, California, February 18, …
A Colossal Mistake of Historic Proportions: The “JOBS” Bill
From the 1970s until recently, Congress allowed and encouraged a great deal of financial market deregulation – allowing big banks to become larger, to expand their scope, and to …
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In the US, the News May Be Good, but Problems Remain
White House press secretary Jay Carney refers to a graph referencing private-sector job growth during the White House Daily Briefing on Monday, February 6, 2012, in Washington, DC. (Photo: …
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New Toxic Sludge PR and Lobbying Effort Gets Underway
A trade association known for using the terms "compost," "organic," and "biosolids" to describe sewage sludge is investing in a new public relations campaign to influence policymakers and the …
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To Break the Bonds of Injustice
New York - Forty-six years ago, at a Senate subcommittee hearing on migratory labour, U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy listened in disgust as California's Kern County Sheriff explained the arrests …
Corporate Campaign Spending: They Get What They Pay for
(Photo: 401K) Will corporate spending determine the outcomes of the 2012 elections? Academic research shows that when companies spend money on politics, they earn a significant financial …
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Historical Account of Class, Race Wars Relevant for Organizers Today
(Image: Melville House Publishers) As a kid, I didn't know the term working-class, but I certainly knew the antagonisms that came from falling below the middle and …