Economy

Everything You Heard About the Deficit Falling Is Wrong

By Nomi Prins / AlterNet

Most of the media bought the notion that somehow the deficit had magically halved. Let's look at the math.

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How Corporations Use Global Investment Rules to Undermine a Sustainable Future

By Thomas Mc Donagh / AlterNet

Matt Taibbi: Public Unions Need to Stop Poisonous Koch Brothers From Buying Tribune Papers

By Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Why Apple is a Sociopathic Company

By Curtis Ellis / Huffington Post

The Internet Is Slaying the Middle Class

By Scott Timberg / Salon

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Everything You Heard About the Deficit Falling Is Wrong

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Economy

Austerity Kills: Crippling Economic Policies Causing Global Health Crisis

Amy Goodman, David Stuckler, Sanjay Basu / Democracy Now!

Moyers/Winship: Corporate Greed Is Poisoning America — Literally

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship / BillMoyers.com

There's a Major Assault on Democracy and the Public Good in Chicago, Led by Rahm Emanuel

Henry A. Giroux / Truthout

The 4 Big Ways That Insatiable Corporate Hunger for Profits Has Devastated American Life -- and the World Along with It

Paul Buchheit / AlterNet

Shocker: Republicans Fight Obama Plan to Privatize the Hugely Popular, Cheap Energy Source of the TVA

Gar Alperovitz, Thomas Hanna / AlterNet

The Real Scandal: How the IRS Favors the Rich

David Dayen / Salon

Meet the Senate's Powerful and Progressive Policy Wonk, Ron Wyden

Joe Conason / AlterNet

Four Easy Fixes for Corporate Taxation

Kenneth Thomas / Middle Class Political Economist

Catholic Church Finally Decides That Austerity is Bad

Yves Smith / Naked Capitalism

A Handy Reference Guide on Who is Donating to Corporate-Style Education Reform

Jessie B. Ramey / Yinzercation

Cornel West Warns of Rising Authoritarianism: “You Can Get Killed Out Here Trying to Tell the Truth!”

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

WATCH: Stewart Ridicules Obama for Apparent Cluelessness on Administration's Latest Scandals

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Elizabeth Warren Is Turning Out as Good as Promised

Robert Scheer / Truthdig

These Monthly Job Reports Aren't Stopping America's Middle Class from Burning to the Ground

Jim Hightower / AlterNet

Elderly Man Allegedly Dies in Court Fighting Wells Fargo 'Wrongful' Foreclosure

Matt Reynolds / Courthouse News

College Execs have Private Jets? New Report Finds Public University Presidents Live Large

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

After 20 Years, Congress May Finally Pass Internet Sales Tax. Is it Too Late to Save Local Businesses?

Stacy Mitchell / AlterNet

Welcome to the Brave New World of Corporatized Medicine: Just Hope You Don't Get Sick!

Yves Smith / Naked Capitalism

The 182 Percent Loan? How Installment Lenders Trap Borrowers

Paul Kiel / ProPublica

Five Things College Students Should Worry About Next Fall

Chris Lewis / Campus Progress

Will Banksters at JPMorgan Chase Finally Pay for Their Misdeeds?

Richard (RJ) Eskow / Campaign for America's Future

Austerity Kills: How Harsh Budget Cuts Increase Suicide, Infant Mortality, HIV Infections

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Ayn Rand USA: In 20 Years Corporate Profits Are Up 4X and Their Taxes Have Fallen by 50% -- Meanwhile the Workers' Payroll Tax Has Doubled

Paul Buchheit / AlterNet

The Vicious New Bank Shakedown That Could Seriously Ruin Your Life

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Large Corporations Seek U.S.–European 'Free Trade Agreement' to Further Global Dominance

Andrew Gavin Marshall / AlterNet

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