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Hightower: Why Obama and Dems Seem Incapable of Taking a Firm Stand on Anything | Economy | AlterNet
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The Obama-ites seem incapable of firm stands. They excite us by boldly addressing our economic woes. But when it comes time to follow through -- it's droopsville.
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A Union for the Unemployed? ‘UCubed’ Tries to Organize Jobless in Internet Age
(www.inthesetimes.com)
The daily barrage of heartbreaking unemployment statistics has become so commonplace it almost ceases to shock. The headlines never deliver good news: despite a supposed tentative rebound for the... More
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As Congress Stiffs Jobless, Deficit Hawk, Liberal Economist Plead: Create Jobs Now! - Working In These Times
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With the Congress delaying on extending unemployment insurance and only taking half-measures to address high unemployment that could last for years, an important new article co-authored by a liberal... More
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Profiting From Recession, Payday Lenders Spend Big to Fight Regulation
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The influential $42 billion-a-year payday lending industry, thriving from a surge in emergency loans to people struggling through the recession, is pouring record sums into lobbying, campaign... More
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Five Minutes With: Elizabeth Warren
(www.campusprogress.org)
Elizabeth Warren is a professor at Harvard Law School. In an era in which consumer protections have fallen by the wayside, Warren has been arguing for the interests of consumers, advocating for the... More
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Jon Stewart Rips Apart GOP Obstructionist Jim Bunning
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On The Daily Show last night, Stewart took Bunning to task for his one-man blockade of unemployment benefits. Among Stewart’s proposals for passing legislation without Bunning in the room: fake... More
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Hightower Lowdown | How corporate money took over Washington--and created the mobs who rant against reform
(www.hightowerlowdown.org)
Despite a constant racket from the forces of the far-out right (Fox television's yackety-yackers, just-say-no GOP know-nothings, tea-bag howlers, Sarah Palinistas, et al.), the great majority of... More
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Chris Dodd Is Sick of Waiting for Richard Shelby on Financial Reform (www.reuters.com)
Chris Dodd, D-Conn., is working with a Republican on financial regulatory reform, reports the Washington Post, but not with his counterpart, ranking member Richard Shelby, Ala. “After he and Shelby... More
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Don't Judge the Budget by Its Cover | The American Prospect
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President Barack Obama's first budget was notable for its honesty -- it eliminated stale tricks designed to conceal the impact of expensive programs and forecast a progressive agenda in the midst of... More
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The Tea Party: Economic Populists or Wall Street Toadies? - Les Leopold at Chelsea Green
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Who cares? We all should. The Tea Party is not a fake. It's not just a creation of Fox News and Dick Armey's Astroturfing operation. It's a genuine expression of populist anger that is driving our... More
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