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Barack Obama
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A Checkerboard Strategy for Regaining the Progressive Initiative
A strategy for change at a time when 400 Americans own more wealth than the bottom 185 million combined.
Fiscal Cliff: Going Nuclear and the Grand Betrayal
Bill Black: GOP threatens to use debt ceiling as leverage, creates conditions for more austerity measures by Obama.
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EPA Chief to Step Down, With Climate Still Low Priority
Lisa P. Jackson is stepping down as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency after a four-year tenure that began with high hopes of sweeping action to address climate change …
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Cliff Hanger: Obama’s Last Stand and the Republican Strategy of Fanaticism
Robert Reich: I recommend going over the cliff; it would put public pressure squarely on rank-and-file Republicans, where it belongs.
Too Big to Prosecute and It’s Obama’s Fiscal Cliff
Bill Black: Criminal money laundering goes unpunished and Fiscal Cliff was created by Obama.
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The Top Five Celebrity Activists of 2012
From working to save the earth's oceans to launching a group against fracking, these top five celebrity activists of 2012 are motivated by a deep sense of commitment to …
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Obama Tries to Get Stalled Fiscal Cliff Talks Back on Track
Obama's plea for a less ambitious package came after 24 hours of turmoil and uncertainty.
A View From Washington: The President’s Quest for the Unholy Grail
An empire in decline is always for sale and this new social contract is another example that we live in a full-blown plutonomy.
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Obama Nominates John Kerry as Secretary of State
Obama was expected to have unveiled his full national security team Friday, but the administration has run into snags.
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Will Obama Cry for Inner City Youth?
It is not only these one-day mass shootings that cause us to cry out for the need to change, but also the daily gun violence that plagues our cities.