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Joshua Holland is a freelance writer and editor-at-large at AlterNet. He's the author of The 15 Biggest Lies About the Economy. Drop him an email or follow him on Twitter. subscribe to Joshua Holland's feed

US Health-Care Spending Still Spiraling Out of Control

Posted on: Apr 29, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The 10 Worst States in Which to Lose Your Job

Posted on: Apr 28, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The recession has hurt the whole country, but not equally -- here are the worst states you can live in when a pink slip arrives.

The Rent's Too Damn High but It's a Problem With an Easy Solution... If Only

Posted on: Apr 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The banking lobby is pushing back against a modest proposal that would ease the squeeze on renters.

5 Fun Facts About the Fight Over the Debt Ceiling

Posted on: Apr 24, 2011, Source: AlterNet

That lawmakers who receive a paycheck to govern this country are threatening to bring about economic catastrophe shows that our discourse is approaching Peak Crazy.

Madness: Right-Wingers Are Serious About Trying to Undermine Child Labor Laws

Posted on: Apr 22, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Yes, they are trying to roll back the 20th century.

Paul Krugman Is Right About Our "Low, Low Taxes," but There's More to the Story

Posted on: Apr 22, 2011, Source: AlterNet

NY Times Pushes One of Corporate America's Big Lies About Unions

Posted on: Apr 22, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Another Lie Debunked: People Don’t Leave States With Higher Taxes On The Rich

Posted on: Apr 22, 2011, Source: AlterNet

If Walmart Paid its 1.4 Million U.S. Workers a Living Wage, it Would Result in Almost No Pain for the Average Customer

Posted on: Apr 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The average Walmart customer would pay just 46 cents more per shopping trip, or around $12 extra dollars each year.

How the GOP Is Committing Political Suicide With Ryan's Extremist Budget Plan

Posted on: Apr 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Believing their own spin, the GOP appears to have over-reached since the last election, alienating swing voters as it pursues a profoundly reactionary agenda.

Are We In the Process of Creating a New and Enduring American Underclass?

Posted on: Apr 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Will this bleak economy become “the new normal,” consigning millions to an emerging American underclass?

Study: Half of All Meat and Poultry Sold at Supermarkets Tainted by Bacteria

Posted on: Apr 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Obama, Dems Blow Debt Ceiling Fight Before it Starts

Posted on: Apr 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

House Passes Paul Ryan's Disastrous Medicare Plan

Posted on: Apr 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Tax Day Question: Who's Paying What?

Posted on: Apr 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Taxes for most are down in the past 3 decades, but not by the same amount.

Why Cutting Deficits Now Is (Literally) Psychotic

Posted on: Apr 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Obama Deficit Speech: Lots of Flowery Talk About a Major Distraction

Posted on: Apr 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet

It was a classic Obama speech – reasonable, and seductive to a degree that one might forget that we're debating how fast we're going to put the brakes on this recovery.

Which Obama Will Show Up to Deliver Today's Budget Speech?

Posted on: Apr 12, 2011, Source: AlterNet

There are wildly conflicting reports about what kind of speech President Obama will give when he addresses the nation on the budget fight today.

How Obama's Cave in to GOP Extremists Will Devastate the Economy

Posted on: Apr 11, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Obama's failure to challenge the Right's economic mythology is both inexcusable, and a sign that the White House isn't prepared for the major battles to come.

Clueless Tea Partiers Shout "Shut it Down!" but They'll End Up Paying a Price

Posted on: Apr 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Insanity: Paul Ryan's Assault on Medicaid Would Cost the Private Sector 2 Million Jobs

Posted on: Apr 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet

GOP Shock Doctrine: What Gov't Shutdown And Other GOP Assaults on Democracy Are Really All About

Posted on: Apr 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Like the Right's assault on public sector workers, none of this has anything to do with the budget.

10 of the Biggest Corporate Tax Cheats In America

Posted on: Apr 5, 2011, Source: AlterNet

How Big Business Gets a Free Ride by Lobbying to Raise Your Taxes

Posted on: Apr 5, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Politicians never actually cut spending, so every time corporate America lobbies for another tax break, they're effectively raising taxes on the rest of us.

"This Is not the Beginning of the End for the International Community in Afghanistan -- This is the End"

Posted on: Apr 1, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Beware: Widespread Mission Creep Underway in Libya

Posted on: Mar 31, 2011, Source: AlterNet

One should be wary about this intervention, whether or not one believes it is justified.

Junk Science Behind 'Underage Sex Trafficking' Charges Used to Attack Craigslist Adult Classifieds

Posted on: Mar 29, 2011, Source: AlterNet

An investigation by the Village Voice found there was less to the statistics than meets the eye.

The GOP's Absurd Plan for the Economy: Lowering YOUR Wages

Posted on: Mar 28, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The GOP is embracing some very dangerous voodoo economics.

Reality TV Turns Surreal as Celebrity Cop Steven Seagal, Fleeing Sexual Assault Investigation in Louisiana, Joins Joe Arpaio in Cockfighting Raid

Posted on: Mar 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The world of media-friendly "tough-guy" law enforcement sunk into self-parody this week.

Glenn Beck Targets Private Citizen Stephen Lerner but Ignores the Real Economic Terrorists of Wall Street

Posted on: Mar 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Willie Nelson Resolves Pot Charge for a Song

Posted on: Mar 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Five Fun Facts About the $14 Trillion National Debt

Posted on: Mar 24, 2011, Source: AlterNet

They say China is our banker, but did you know it holds less than a tenth of our outstanding debt?

8 Unemployed for Every Job Opening: What Are They Supposed to Do Once Their Benefits Run Out?

Posted on: Mar 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Is there any hope of help arriving for the "99ers"?

Libya No-Fly Zone: The Problems With Interventionism

Posted on: Mar 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Hopefully, the UN-sanctioned intervention in Libya's civil war will achieve its stated goals. Unfortunately, history doesn't provide much cause for optimism.

Libya No-Fly Zone: The Problems With Interventionism

Posted on: Mar 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Minnesota GOPers Want to Criminalize Poor People Carrying Money

Posted on: Mar 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Libya No-Fly Zone: "Limited Intervention" Is like a Gateway Drug for War

Posted on: Mar 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet

70 Year-Old Pennsylvania Man Stoned to Death "Because the Old Testament Refers to Stoning Homosexuals"

Posted on: Mar 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet

25 Percent of Republicans Think ACORN, which Folded Last Year, Will "Steal" 2012 Elections

Posted on: Mar 16, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Nuclear Experts: Japan Nuclear Disaster Unprecedented -- No Way to Know About US Impact

Posted on: Mar 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Events taking place in the Fukushima No. 1 power plant are simply unprecedented and the situation appears to be deteriorating.


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