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Thomas Frank: Why Does Everything Have to be Shiny and "Vibrant"?

Posted on: Jul 19, 2012, Source: The Baffler

Cities all over the country are in a mad rush to be "vibrant." Is that the best our civic leaders can do for struggling communities?

'Blue Dogs' or Corporate Shills?

Posted on: Aug 6, 2009, Source: Huffington Post

The Blue Dogs are more keenly attuned than their colleagues to that force of universal goodness, the profit motive.