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Ideological Disaster – An Analysis
All such shortsighted ideologies have proven unrealistic, and so have failed. Unfortunately, they have wreaked havoc in the meantime.
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“Totally Self-Inflicted Damage”: US on Verge of Default as Pain From 16-Day Shutdown Spreads
Robert Borosage, founder and president of the Institute for Americau2019s Future and co-director of its sister organization, the Campaign for Americau2019s Future, is interviewed about the effects of the …
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Economist: There Is No Debt Crisis
Gerald Epstein, codirector of the Political Economy Research Institute, discusses Congress' upcoming decision to raise the debt ceiling.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Leaders Reached a Deal Monday to End the Economic Standoff, and More
Monday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell negotiated a deal to end the economic standoff.
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The Demise of the Left (and How to Revive it)
Although most polls indicate that Americans are putting the blame on Republicans for the government shutdown in terms of actual politics, the Republicans are winning. The debt ceiling is …
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Bullying and the Power of Pity
Pity is a powerful tool. And President Obama wields it with mightu2014saying recently that the Republicans are just u201ctrying to mess with meu201du2014in his ongoing Iu2019m-the-good-guy posturing with a …
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Ali: “You Must Listen to Me”
From March 1967 to October 1970, Muhammad Ali lived in America the Beautiful, not as a free man, but as the embodiment of Baldwinu2019s declaration in 1972.
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Bill Moyers: Dollars v. Democracy
This week the Supreme Court began its new term with a case that could further upend campaign finance laws by allowing individual donors to give millions of dollars to …
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“Five Hundred People Will Control American Democracy” If Supreme Court Overturns Campaign Finance Law
On Tuesday, justices heard arguments in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, which has been referred to as “the next Citizens United.”
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Money, Politics and the Roberts Court: Seventh Game of The Court’s Plutocrat Series
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what has become its annual dismantling of campaign finance law.