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Economy

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The Chief Twinkie Goes Ding Dong
Here's a case of good news oozing out of bad news, and vice versa. The bad news is that Hostess Brands has sunk into bankruptcy. It couldn't stay afloat …

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Dick Meister: The Plight of the Pregnant Worker
Dina Bakst of the Work and Family Legal Center reminds us of an important fact that few people seem to realize - that getting pregnant can cause a woman …

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A 75th Anniversary for the American Dream, a 25-Year Anniversary for Me
Sit-down strike at Fisher Body plant in Flint, Michigan, during the strike of 1937. (Photo: Sheldon Dick) On this day 25 years ago, in 1987, I became …

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What the Koch Brothers Say Online, but Won’t Say Under Oath
David Koch. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Why will Charles and David Koch produce a video about their position on the Keystone XL oil …

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Producers vs. Losers: The Cruel Pro-Rich Propaganda of the Right
(Photo: David Shankbone / Flickr) “Producers” and “parasites.” Cruel language justifying extreme greed seems to be mainstream now. Even Presidential candidates feel free to disparage 99% of …

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This Is No Bailout for Main Street America
(Photo: Taber Andrew Bain / Flickr) Big announcements of breakthrough legislative deals during election campaigns should be taken with huge grains of salt. Generally more rhetoric than …

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Foreclosure Crisis

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When Clint Eastwood Mocks You, You’re Officially Screwed
(Photo: Lars Kristian Flem; Edited: LP / Truthout) You know the wheels have come off the GOP wagon when the Republicans feel compelled to accuse Clint Eastwood …

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The Billionaires’ Brokered GOP Convention
(Photo: Brett Beanan / Flickr) The Plan is working. Mitt Romney's biggest backer didn't want him to win. We know that Paul “The Vulture” Singer, Romney's Daddy …

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Manifesto for Economic Democracy and Ecological Sanity
A new historical vista is opening before us in this time of change. Capitalism as a system has spawned deepening economic crisis alongside its bought-and-paid for political establishment. Neither …