Truthout
Middle Class
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Ayn Rand: Queen of the Universe
The middle class in America - and through most of the developed world - is at risk of going extinct. u00a0
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Silver Linings in the 2012 Union Membership Figures?
Will Obama act? Time is running out for both the president and unions.
Class Is a Five-Letter Dirty Word: The Lack of Class Consciousness in an Era of Record Inequality
The days of Horatio Alger stories promising rags to riches are over - if they ever existed to begin with.
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The Myth of Living Beyond Our Means
The truth is most Americans have not been living beyond their means.
Three Things Obama Can Do If He Is Serious About Promise to Middle Class
Pollin: The President still perpetuates myth there is a fiscal crisis.
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The Agenda for Obama’s Second Term: Full Employment and Fighting Poverty
Robert Pollin: President Obama needs clear goals in order to reduce unemployment and poverty in his second term.
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Henry A. Giroux | The New Extremism and Politics of Distraction in the Age of Austerity
Important issues like creeping authoritarianism are being buried in the fog of manufactured crises.
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25 Best Progressive Victories in 2012
Peter Dreier looks back at 2012 and 25 powerful progressive victories, including elections, ballot measures, court rulings, legislation and new waves of mobilization.
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The Case Against Billionaires
Itu2019s time to start funneling the riches produced by the American economy to the real job creators: working class people who are spending money.
What Progressives Can Learn From Public Education’s ‘Fiscal Cliff’
The ideological hard-heartedness permeating our countryu2019s political leadership hit public ed two years ago. There's much to learn from how it played out there.