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How Alabama’s Extreme Anti-Immigration Law Could Cost The State Billions of Dollars

Michele Waslin, Immigration Impact. February 10, 2012.

The harsh law could cost Alabama up to $11 billion in GDP and nearly $265 million in state income and sales tax, a new report found.

I'm on Food Stamps: My Shame and Pride in Signing up for the Most Stigmatized Benefit

Christopher D. Cook, Salon. February 8, 2012.

I call myself frayed white collar -- part of the privileged poor. I'm a semi-accomplished, mid-career journalist and writer, but now I'm hurtling precipitously toward poverty.

Dennis Kucinich v. Marcy Kaptur: How GOP Redistricting Will Force Out a Top Progressive Congressmember

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. February 7, 2012.

Two progressive champions are facing off for one seat in Congress. What's a voter to do?

6 Shocking Ways Capitalism Is Failing Working America

Les Leopold, AlterNet. January 31, 2012.

Without a dramatic rethink, our "free-enterprise" system may never again provide enough decent jobs for those who need them.

How Male Global Elites Work Hard to Fix the Economy - In Their Favor

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. January 30, 2012.

On Sunday, 1 percenters left the World Economic Forum at Davos with bold plans to stay fat and happy while the world falls apart.

Could Ecuador Be the Most Radical and Exciting Place on Earth?

Jayati Ghosh, Comment Is Free. January 30, 2012.

A decade ago, Ecuador was a banana republic, an economic basket case. Today, it has much to teach the rest of the world.

7 Signs the Corporatocracy is Losing its Legitimacy--and 7 Tools to Help Shut it Down

Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine. January 29, 2012.

The legitimacy of rule by giant corporations and Wall Street banks is crumbling.

Time to Break Up Zombie Bank of America?

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. January 26, 2012.

The B of A death watch continues as a new petition calls for federal regulators to dismantle the big bank before it implodes.

Mitch Daniels' State of the Union Response Shows GOP Priority: Beating Up on Workers

Josh Eidelson, AlterNet. January 25, 2012.

Daniels’ response was the first to be delivered from a building surrounded by dozens of police cars and chanting activists, protesting his latest anti-union move.

5 Republican Lies About Income Inequality

David Morris, On the Commons. January 24, 2012.

The Republican position on inequality rests on five statements, all false.

New Hampshire City Debates Moratorium on Refugees

Valeria Fernandez, New America Media. January 24, 2012.

Members of the city’s Bhutanese community say they are opposed to a decrease in refugees, citing the economic contributions that they have made in the city of Manchester.

Andrew Sullivan is Right: Obama Has Governed as a Conservative

Guy T. Saperstein, AlterNet. January 23, 2012.

Sullivan took Obama's critics to task for not recognizing his accomplishments--sadly, those accomplishments only appeal to "conservative-minded independents" like him.

Why Don't We Pay People Enough? 8 Facts About America's Struggling Working People

Bill Quigley, AlterNet. January 23, 2012.

Millions of people in the U.S. work and are still poor.

Occupy San Francisco Takes the Fight to Local Banks in Ambitious Next Step for Movement

Gary Kamiya, Salon. January 22, 2012.

After a brief hibernation, a refocused movement takes aim at corporate America--specifically, Wells Fargo and Bank of America on "Wall Street West."

Vampire Hedge Funds Are Sucking Greece Dry

Les Leopold, AlterNet. January 17, 2012.

If Goldman Sachs is a vampire squid, as Matt Taibbi so aptly named it, then hedge funds are like piranhas or sharks, eager to strip the financial carcass to the bone.

Naomi Klein Talks to Occupy Organizer Yotam Marom: Why Did Occupy Take Off and What Happens Now?

Naomi Klein, Yotam Marom, The Nation. January 17, 2012.

The author of 'Shock Doctrine' interviews political organizer Yotam Marom about the future of the Occupy movement.

Greenspan's Laissez Fairy Tale: How Flawed Economic Theories Fail to Account for Financial Fraudsters

William K. Black, Benzinga. January 16, 2012.

Alan Greenspan touted 'reputation' as the characteristic that made possible trust and free markets. He was dead wrong.

Are the Ratings Agencies Abandoning Fiscal Austerity?

Marshall Auerback, AlterNet. January 16, 2012.

Despite downgrades, even ratings agencies may be figuring out the economies in peril can't be helped by mindless cuts and contractions.

Mr. Davidson's Planet: NPR/NYT Guru Adam Davidson's Discredited Economic Principles

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. January 12, 2012.

Adam Davidson's economic principles are alien to a just and prosperous society.

3 Places Where a Looming Energy War Could Mean Global Economic Disaster in 2012

Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch.com. January 10, 2012.

With energy demand on the rise and sources of supply dwindling, we are entering a new epoch in which disputes over vital resources will dominate world affairs.

American Exceptionalism and Worker-Bashing, Adam Davidson Style

Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism . January 9, 2012.

NYT/NPR economic guru Adam Davidson misrepresents the facts and appeals to American prejudices to sell worker-bashing.

Why Are US Job Numbers Better Than Europe’s? Thank the Deficit!

Marshall Auerback, AlterNet. January 9, 2012.

Americans should quit listening to austerity hawks and embrace time-tested economic logic.

The Devil and Rick Santorum: Dilemmas of a Holy Owned Subsidiary

Thomas Ferguson, AlterNet. January 6, 2012.

The father of the Investment Theory of Politics reveals what pundits miss in the GOP's failure to lead its own electorate and its evangelical problem.

Why Spain’s New Government is Drinking Austerity Kool-Aid and How This Threatens the Global Economy

Marshall Auerback, AlterNet. January 3, 2012.

European elites push economic myths that benefit the rich and screw the rest. Spain's program means even higher public deficits, fewer jobs, and slowed growth.

The Arc of the Universe Might Be Bending Toward Justice; But We Still Have to Fight Like Hell in 2012

Rinku Sen, ColorLines. January 2, 2012.

If we avoid triumphalism, get explicit about race and keep fighting, we can make the most of movement potential in the coming year.

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