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Obama Delivers Impassioned Jobs Speech, But Fails to Take GOP to Task for Blocking Progress

Posted on: Sep 8, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The administration needs to start inflicting some political pain on the GOP for blocking even the modest, business-friendly measures to spur job growth.

Are Wikileaks and Anonymous Hackers All There Is Left We Can Rely on, with Trust in Business and Government at Rock Bottom?

Posted on: Sep 2, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Their ability to bring powerful giants to heel is as compelling as the mythical Robin Hood's battle with a haughty medieval aristocracy.

The 10 States With the Worst Economies In America

Posted on: Aug 30, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The global economic crash hurt everyone, but not equally; here are the states that are feeling the greatest economic pain.

The 10 States With the Best Economies in America

Posted on: Aug 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Not all states have experienced the same kind of economic pain since the Great Recession began.

How Right-Wing Attacks on Reproductive Health Care Force Poor Women Into More Unwanted Pregnancies

Posted on: Aug 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet

A new study finds that right-wing attacks on family planning services are landing squarely on poor women and their families.

The Founding Fathers Believed in Redistributing Wealth -- Why Do Tea Party Heroes Like Perry and Bachmann Vilify It?

Posted on: Aug 24, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Redistributing the wealth is a defining function of the modern state, just like defending its borders or maintaining a judicial system.

Media Malpractice: CBS Pins Bush Debt on Obama

Posted on: Aug 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Make It In America: How We Can Bring Manufacturing Back (No, Really)

Posted on: Aug 22, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Bringing manufacturing back to our shores is good policy wedded to great politics. So why aren't we talking about it?

Woman Loses Kids After Getting Busted for 1/3 Ounce of Pot

Posted on: Aug 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Why 'Constitutional Conservatives' Like Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry Have No Respect for the Constitution

Posted on: Aug 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet

It's ironic that those claiming fealty to the constitution habitually thumb their noses at its most sacred principle.

An Attempt to "Debunk" the Progressive Case Against Rick Perry's Disastrous Governance Fails Big-Time

Posted on: Aug 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The Obama Wars: Why Do We Tear Each Other Apart Over Whether the President Is a Failure or Success?

Posted on: Aug 16, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The debate over Obama's role in the mess we're in is distracting progressives from the real fight.

21 Reasons Rick Perry's Texas Is a Complete Disaster

Posted on: Aug 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Third World status – the real promise of a Rick Perry administration – shouldn't be a goal to which the United States aspires.

Rick Perry's Campaign Strategy? Distorting His Abysmal Economic Record

Posted on: Aug 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Get ready for a boat-load of spin.

Pornography and Terrorism: The Greatest Stupid Thing You'll Read All Day

Posted on: Aug 12, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The 'Super Congress' Is a Scam Designed to Force Cuts To Popular Programs And Keep Taxes On The Rich Low

Posted on: Aug 11, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Ignore all the process stories about the vaunted Gang of 12 -- here's how the endgame plays out.

Double-Dip Recession? How Our Dysfunctional Political Class Has Made Another Grueling Collapse Far Likelier

Posted on: Aug 9, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Just a few short months ago, few analysts would say publicly that the American economy was likely to slide into another grueling period of recession. That's changed.

Standard and Poor's: Just More Corrupt Wall Street Insiders Waging Class War on America

Posted on: Aug 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet

S&P's downgrade provides compelling evidence of the corruption eating away at the foundations of yet another key Wall Street institution.

Four Reasons the Tea Partiers Were Big Losers in the Debt Ceiling Deal

Posted on: Aug 2, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The professional political operatives behind the Tea Party movement were huge winners, but what about the rank-and-file Tea Partiers themselves?

Welcome to the Tea Party's Austerity Recession

Posted on: Aug 1, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Economic historians will look back on this era as a time when policy-makers damaged Americans' welfare with ideologically driven, self-inflicted wounds.

Debunking the Big Lie Right-Wingers Use to Justify Black Poverty and Unemployment

Posted on: Jul 29, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Economic factors and changes in public policies, not manifestations of "black culture," explain African Americans' relatively poorer economic outcomes.

House Passes Boehner's Doomed Debt Bill

Posted on: Jul 29, 2011, Source: AlterNet

White Families Have 20 Times the Wealth of Black Families: How Racism's Legacy Created a Crushing Depression In Black America

Posted on: Jul 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The economic crisis has hit most families hard--but since many black families had less wealth to start with, its impact on them has been nothing short of disastrous.

Meet Erick Erickson, the Toxic Idiot Guiding House Republicans on the Debt Ceiling Fight

Posted on: Jul 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The notably nasty CNN commentator claims Republican House members are really taking his advice to heart.

The Utterly Wrong Beltway Myth Driving the Debt Ceiling Insanity

Posted on: Jul 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Belief in the mythic "swing voter" whose views happen to line up with the Washington establishment is setting the country on a course toward disaster.

5 Ways Americans Are Surviving the Great Recession

Posted on: Jul 24, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Being a resourceful people, Americans are adapting to their new economic situation in a variety of ways.

There's a Solution to the Debt Fight That Could Avert Catastrophe -- Why Is Everyone Ignoring It?

Posted on: Jul 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet

When you're this far down the rabbit-hole, who's to say which ideas are crazy and which are serious?

Why the Wealthiest Americans Are the Real 'Job-Killers'

Posted on: Jul 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The top 1 percent takes in more than twice the share of national income today than they did 30 years ago, and that's a big reason why consumers are tapped out.

Rebuilding the American Dream: Why Starting a Liberal Antidote to the Tea Party Movement Isn't Going to be Easy

Posted on: Jul 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The Tea Partiers' sense of shared identity is crucial to their success. Who were those gathered this weekend to kick off Van Jones' new project?

No, We Won't End Up Like Greece: 5 Reasons Conservative Fear-Mongering Is Totally Wrong

Posted on: Jul 17, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Right-wing media and lawmakers are spinning utterly wrong comparisons between the US and Greece.

Paul Krugman Is Forgetting One of the Bush Administration's Big Lies

Posted on: Jul 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The Shady Ways People Are Losing Their Homes--Even If They Don't Have Mortgages

Posted on: Jul 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet

"Wrongful" foreclosures, foreclosures for back taxes or late condo fees -- people are getting thrown out of their homes, and someone else is profiting.

5 Disastrous Consequences Of a Debt Ceiling Meltdown

Posted on: Jul 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet

If we had an honest debate over the real-world effects of not raising the limit, it's hard to imagine anyone being in favor of letting the U.S. go into default.

Mexicans No Longer Immigrating to US? (What Will Xenophobes Freak Out About Now?)

Posted on: Jul 8, 2011, Source: AlterNet

A common perception that helps fuel hostility toward migrants is that there's a never-ending pool of people dying to come here, but that's just not true.

Is Obama On The Brink Of Cutting Social Security? The Dangerous Game Over the Debt Ceiling

Posted on: Jul 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The administration floated the idea of cutting Social Security, then denied it just as quickly. What's really going on with all this debt ceiling brinksmanship?

The Tea Partiers Are Dead-Set on Driving the Deficit Through the Roof and They Don't Even Know It

Posted on: Jul 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet

What the Tea Party caucus misses is that messing with the debt ceiling risks driving tax revenues down and the deficit up.

Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore Using Dodgy Statistics to Fuel Child Sex Slavery Panic

Posted on: Jul 5, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Throwing wildly inflated numbers around doesn't help young people avoid falling into the horrific world of prostitution.

This Fourth of July, Let's Stop Worrying What the Founders Would Think

Posted on: Jul 1, 2011, Source: AlterNet

History bears little resemblance to the cartoonish view of the birth of the nation that most people hold.

With Republicans Caught Between Wall Street and the Tea Party, Dems Just Might Win the Debt Ceiling Standoff

Posted on: Jun 30, 2011, Source: AlterNet

It'll take backbone we haven't yet seen, but GOP intransigence has given Obama the upper hand.

How the Hell Do You Get Out of Debt If You're Not a CEO Raking in Millions?

Posted on: Jun 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Americans want to get out of debt, but the working majority are tapped out and having real problems making ends meet.

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