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Election Countdown 2012: Political Consultant Sentenced to 60 Days in Prison for His Role in Sending Automated Robocalls, and More
Daily countdown to the election, with links that keep you in the know!
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Britain’s Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
If Britain has not experienced a mysterious productivity collapse, it is suffering much more than acknowledged from a lack of effective demand u2014 and also has a much smaller …
Wall Street’s Mutant Greed Gene Marches On
In the realm of prevarication, there are deceivers, fibbers, liars, politicians ... and Bank of America. For weeks, this financial behemoth has been running a nationwide PR blitz, portraying …
Bob Pollin: Will Military Budget Cuts Weaken Defense and Lose Jobs?
Bob Pollin: Cuts triggered by the Congressional sequestration process are not as big as Pentagon spin and military spending is an inefficient
The Swap Crisis
In-depth analysis of a new banking ploy to tank state economies.
BREAKING: Johnson & Johnson Drops ALEC
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson announced today that they are dropping their membership from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
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The JOBS Act and Green Slime
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)We learned recently about the secret adulteration of our hamburgers with …
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Why the Economy Can’t Get Out of First Gear
Bottom line: The American economy is still struggling because the vast American middle class canu2019t spend more to get it out of first gear.
Election Countdown 2012: Labor Launches a Campaign to Register 500,000 New Union Voters, and More
Daily countdown to the election, with links that keep you in the know!
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Congress Should Restore US Investors’ Rights to Take Foreign Fraudsters to Court
It is time for Congress to overturn a misguided, anti-consumer Supreme Court decision that eliminated US investors' ability to take action in US courts against foreign companies that defraud …