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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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ColorLines: Race and Economic Recovery By ColorLines Investigative Team
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President Obama says the stimulus saved or created 2 million jobs in 2009. But is the recovery really working? The American dream of good jobs and strong communities is still just a dream for too... 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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In Honor of Lilly, Take Action Now to Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act
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A year ago, dozens of women’s and civil rights activists gathered at the White House to watch President Barack Obama sign his first piece of legislation into law: the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay... More
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ALTERNET: Don't Call It a "Defense" Budget
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The new budget from the White House will push U.S. military spending well above $2 billion a day. Foreclosing the future of our country should not be confused with defending it.
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Afro-Netizen: Obama's Proposed "Small Business" Initiative Lacks Audacity (and Focus)
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You wouldn't have guessed it from listening to President Obama's State of the Union address, but small and/or new businesses aren't really the types of enterprises that need our recirculated stimulus... More
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Fighting on Frontlines of the Foreclosure Crisis: Citizens Take on the Monster Banks | Economy | AlterNet
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East Boston is one of those urban neighborhoods that is easy to pass through and hard to get to. It's separated from downtown Boston by a river, bisected by two tunnels and a freeway, and hemmed in by... More
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Elizabeth Warren on the Great Economic Battlefield: Protecting the Middle Class from Financial Predators | Economy | AlterNet
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For years, federal banking regulators at the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) and the Federal Reserve helped the nation's largest banks wage war on... More
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Dem Aide: Reports of $80 Billion Jobs Bill Are Wrong
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Those reports about an $80 billion Senate jobs package? “Wrong,” a Senate Democratic aide told TWI. The staffer indicated this afternoon that Democrats are weighing a number of proposals to tackle... More
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Harkin urges 10-month extension of unemployment benefits
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With unemployment still hovering in double digits and no real relief in sight, a group of 30 Senate Democrats, including Iowa’s Tom Harkin, is urging party leaders to extend emergency unemployment... More
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