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The Maple Spring and the Mafiocracy: Struggling Students Versus “Entitled Elites”
First, we were told for years that we were u201clazyu201d and u201capatheticu201d: Generation MTV, Generation iPod, a techno-savvy but reality-detached deluge of pseudo-humanoids. We were set up to be …
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Germany Is Open to Pooling Debt, With Conditions
Pressed by a banking crisis and turmoil in the markets, Germany has indicated that it is prepared to accept a grand bargain that would provide greater support for its …
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Activists Call for Firing of Federal Housing Finance Agency Head Over Role in Foreclosure Crisis
During the week of May 20, 1,000 families facing foreclosure, clergy and community leaders [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RaPUXSKt0M&feature=youtu.be) from across the country did what President Obama should have done months ago: deliver …
“Inside Job” Director Charles Ferguson: Where Are the Criminal Prosecutions for Financial Crisis?
The Labor Department has just announced the United States economy gained only 69,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent. We air part two of …
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Merrill Losses Were Withheld Before Bank of America Deal
Days before Bank of America shareholders approved the bank's $50 billion purchase of Merrill Lynch in December 2008, top bank executives were advised that losses at the investment firm …
Five Facts About the Massachusetts Economy Under Mitt Romney
Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign whipped out a new number over the weekend to dispute federal government data that ranked Massachusetts 47th in job creation during Romney's time as …
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The Transparently Secretive Chamber of Commerce
Well, the Big Business guys are transparent about one thing: They can't stand the idea of the public holding them to account for their attempts to buy elections and …
Alan Simpson: The Washington Elite’s Attack Dog
Alan Simpson once again launched an obscenity-laden diatribe against those who oppose his plans to cut Social Security and Medicare.
Justice Roberts Fixes Supreme Court Schedule; Will Help Romney, Big Business Dominate Election
Citizens United, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that helped bring even more corporate money into politics, has already made history. Outside groups have spent record amounts influencing the 2012 …
The Occupied Amendment: Rep. Ted Deutch on Banning Corporate Campaign Money
In December Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) joined with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to introduce the OCCUPIED constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United campaign finance decision. It stands for