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Large Mortgage Service Filed False Documents in Foreclosure Bid
GMAC, one of the nation's largest mortgage servicers, faced a quandary last summer. It wanted to foreclose on a New York City homeowner but lacked the crucial paperwork needed …
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Recovery Still Slow as New Data Show Little Growth
Washington - The United States economy has slowed considerably this year from a year ago, according to a report from the Commerce Department released on Friday. The …
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Time for Public Sector Unions to Fight Back
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy speaks to the media. (Photo: Douglas Healey / The New York Times) The media attack on public sector unions has reached a timely …
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The New Old Party in Mexico?
On July 3, Mexico held state and local level elections, marking the beginning of intense speculation about the presidential election, which will take place this time next year. The …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Norwegian Terrorist Anders Breivik Got His Weapons From US, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news… You need to know this. Speaker of the House John Boehner no longer has control over the Republican Party. Last night …
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When the Super-Rich Cry, “Class Warfare!“
I ran into my friend Jeff Madrick a few weeks ago. Like a rabbit out of a hat, or so it seemed, he whipped from his coat a copy …
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WikiLeaks Cables Show Haiti as Pawn in US Foreign Policy
The US tried to undermine Haiti's oil deal with Venezuela in order to protect the vested interests of US oil corporations. Under the Obama administration, the …
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How Shadowy Right-Wing Front Groups Engineered Our National Embrace of Debt Reduction Over Job Creation
(Photo: Vanessa Arn / Flickr) For the entire year, as a sluggish economy sputters by and states continue to struggle with falling revenue, the conversation in Congress …
Whirlpool of Crazy: A Letter to European Friends
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on July 15, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) …
Ed Schultz Talks With Laura Flanders and Dean Baker on the Debt Ceiling
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