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The Ugly Truth about Jobs

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke has given Americans a glimpse of the ugly truth about their future job… more

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Out of Control

Too big to regulate, the banks need to be broken up.

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Where Are the Real Deficit Hawks?

Let's say you're a congressperson or tea party leader looking to champion deficit reduction--a cause 38 percent of Americans… more

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How to Create Good Jobs Now

A bold proposal for meeting human needs through a permanent U.S. employment program.

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We Are What We Trade and How We Trade It

Trade and globalization--when not referencing blockbuster sports transactions or raucous street protests, debates over these abstract terms can give… more

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The Dark Side of the Bright Side

In her new book, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the origins of contemporary optimism.

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Can the Rich Really Save Us?

Surprisingly, Ralph Nader says yes.

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TARP on Steroids

I recall that September day like it was yesterday--the explosion so stunning, so memorable. It wasn't 9/11/01, it was… more

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The Pillage People

One year after the Wall Street bailout, real reform of the financial sector is still a dream.

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A Party With No Punch

Three parables for progressives and the Grand Old (Democratic) Party.

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Grease Guzzlers

Why diesel engines and vegetable oil should become best friends.

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Built to Trash

Is 'heirloom design' the cure for consumption?

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The Zombie Zeitgeist

What's with all the zombies lately? That could be a question about one of the hippest retro fads that… more

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The House has passed a bill that would cut private lenders out of the federal student loan system, m

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Foreclosure Crisis Built on Racial Injustice

The recession has resulted from, and contributed to, America's racial divide.

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Taming Wall Street Cowboys

A new advocacy group heads to Capitol Hill to counter financial industry lobbyists hungry for deregulation.

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Defense Budget Shell Game

Behind the hoopla, military spending continues to rise.

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The House That Taxpayers Built

Somewhere, likely in a basement, the next great documentarian is scavenging YouTube for clips of congressional inquisitions, Wall Street… more

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The Only Road Out of Crisis

Yes, it is socialism, but nationalize the banks already.

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Antidote to Drug War Madness

So I was making dinner, and on NPR I hear, to my amazement, a report by Robert Siegel and… more

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Piggish Capitalism

Even if you don't dig on swine, it has become impossible to avoid them. If you're not pummeled by… more

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Bonuses Make a Comeback

It is hard to believe that Wall Street does not recognize it has failed. Late last month, America's largest… more

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One More Bubble!

When I took an editing job at Bloomberg News in March 2000, my arrival coincided with the bursting of… more

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Old War on New Deal

The new book Invisible Hands reveals how quickly conservatives organized to challenge New Deal liberalism.

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‘Reform’ To Nowhere

How the crusade against earmarks threatens constitutional democracy.

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Newsflash: Populism Is Popular

In 2006, journalist Christopher Hayes wrote a little-noticed article for In These Times magazine about a proposal in Oregon… more

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Bailout Bandits

In these days of "bank stablization plans" (bailouts for fat cats) and "overseas contingency operations" (wars), Americans who celebrated… more

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The Meltdown Goes Global

It is time to rethink capitalism.

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The Best Investment Money Can Buy!

Feeling sorry for yourself? Struggling to get by? Wondering how you can get a bailout? Well, stop moping, because… more

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Let’s Expose the Poster Boys of Greed

Boy, have I learned my lesson, which I pass onto you. Do not, under any circumstances, call out any… more

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Do-It-Yourself Governance

Without new social movements, there will be no new New Deal.

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Wanted: A Perp Walk For Plutocrats

My husband and I were engaged in our usual dinner table rant about politics and the economy. Having made… more

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Give CEO Pay the Pink Slip

Capping outsized salaries is the first step toward creating responsible corporations.

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A Government of Men, Not Laws

United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard likes to say that Washington policymakers "treat the people who take a shower after… more

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Road Tripping Through Whitopia

Rich Benjamin set out to write about race‚ and wrote about class instead.

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A Spectre is Haunting America

Ghosts of neoliberalism trouble Obama’s response to the recession

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The A Word

MEXICO CITY--Any serious scribe will tell you that writing is, at its heart, the maddening struggle to find exactly… more

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Orange Fades to Black

Heralded for its Orange Revolution five years ago, Ukraine is coming apart at the seams

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The EFCA Battle is Joined

Unions and allies are fighting the anti-Employee Free Choice Act “Meltdown Lobby” with an IRS complaint and grassroots campaigns.

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Past the Point of No Return

Why did Barack Obama choose to come all the way to Denver, Colorado to sign the economic recovery package… more

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