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Dueling Visions: The CPC People’s Budget vs. the Budget for the 1%
The Republican budget is rightly scorned as a fantasy, a dishonest, Orwellian document.
Up Next on the GOP’s To-Do List: Selling US National Forests
A conservation group held a mock auction of the Grand Canyon to prove the absurdity of selling our protected national lands - now a possibility.
Pacifica Stands in for All Public Media
Pacifica, the embattled progressive radio network, has been the recipient of bad press and suggestions that it should simply be allowed to go into bankruptcy.
Raising Interest Rates Could Have an Adverse Effect on Federal and State Budgets
Last week, the BLS announced that unemployment had fallen to 5.5 percent.
How Does Obama’s Education Budget Stack Up Against US Citizens’ Priorities?
Is Obama's proposal of steering 2 percent of the federal budget to education enough?
Nancy J. Altman: Expand Social Security Now
Altman debunks many myths about Social Security.
The Obama Budget: Weak on Reproductive Health
Family planning is both vital for econoimc stability and a solid investment with strong returns, so why wasn't it better funded in the President's budget?
On the News With Thom Hartmann: President Obama Takes a Cue From Greece, and More
The White House unveils its 2016 budget, which would put an end to austerity, and more.
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President Obama’s 2016 Budget Is Relatively Good on Social Security
But, over the long term, the president's budget proposal leaves some cause for concern.
National Priorities Project Reacts to President’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
The new budget contains initiatives that would be widely popular with the US public based on opinion polling.