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7 Foreclosure Horror Stories (And One Possible Win)

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. May 9, 2012.

Around the country, families are being tossed out of their homes with astonishing regularity, with local law enforcement enlisted to do the bidding of big banks.

The Truth About Drug-Testing the Unemployed

Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. March 1, 2012.

The law has many problems, including Constitutionality. And while proponents say tax money should not fund drug use, opponents see more sinister stereotyping at work.

84 Percent of San Francisco Foreclosures Fraudulent--Why are Bankers Still Getting Away with Crimes?

Kai Wright, ColorLines. February 19, 2012.

Someone broke the financial system, and evidence that the break was willful is now piled as high as banking execs’ bonuses.

Outrage: Congress Gives States the Go-Ahead to Drug Test for Unemployment Benefits (and Stick Taxpayers With the Bill)

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. February 19, 2012.

As part of a deal to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits through 2012, Congress will allow states to drug test people applying for those benefits.

GOP Race-Baiting Masks Class Warfare

Daniel Denvir, Salon. January 29, 2012.

By demonizing some, the Republicans seek to discredit the safety net for the 99 percent

Florida Will Pay $2.6 Million for Wrongful Death of 23-Year-Old Informant Murdered During a Sting

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. January 9, 2012.

After Rachel Hoffman was busted and agreed to become a snitch in 2008, Tallahassee police sent her out into a dangerous new world, until a "buy-bust" sting took her life.

Why the Debt Ceiling Deal Strengthens the Radical Right and Weakens America

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. August 1, 2011.

The deal's spending cuts increase the odds of a double-dip recession and strengthens the political hand of the radical right.

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

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 11, 2011.

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.

Hillary's Ireland Story: Is It Experience or Just Proximity?

Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. March 29, 2008.

Jill Deal believes what Hillary Clinton is doing "also demeans women like me who have built their experience ..on what they have done on their own."

68 Dems, 1 Republican Urge Obama Not to Ban \"Buy-American\" Incentive for Domestic Manufacturing

Staff, December 31, 1969.


Outgoing Republican Governor Urges His Party to \'Obey the Golden Rule\' When Discussing Immigration

Andrea Nil, December 31, 1969.


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