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A mere 5 percent of those who applied for mortgage refinancing under the administration's mortgage-relief plan have received permanent loan modifications.

Will Someone Please Explain the Meaning of "War Bond" to Ben Nelson?

by Steve Benen, Washington Monthly

The Nebraska senator seems to think they're the equivalent of free money. They're not.

Are Wealthier, Better Educated Neighbors More Likely to Return a Wallet Full of Cash than Poorer Ones?

by Joshua Holland, AlterNet

It's an ideological Rorschach test from those zany pranksters at Gallup!

How Citigroup's Payback Plan Will Ultimately Screw Taxpayers

Zach Carter, TheNation.com. December 22, 2009.
We've reached the epitome of crony capitalism, yet the government has given no indication that any action will be taken.

They're Building Nuclear Missile Parts in Woodstock? You Can't Escape America's War Economy

CounterPunch. December 22, 2009.
The New York small town has a worldwide association with peace, yet its largest employer has been making components for nuclear missiles for six decades.

How Wall Street Bought Barney Frank

Kevin Connor, AlterNet. December 22, 2009.
Barney Frank takes pride in being the Left's darling, but he's almost entirely funded by Wall Street and his votes show it.

10 Greediest People of 2009

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. December 22, 2009.
As ordinary Americans reel from the Great Recession, these gluttonous all-stars continue to claw in absurd amounts of money.

The "Slow Money" Movement May Revolutionize the Way You Think About Food

Kari Lydersen, AlterNet. December 22, 2009.
In an economy structured around industrial agriculture, sustaining small farms can be a challenge. 'Slow money' economics could be the answer.

Stephen King Meets the Estate Tax

Bill Gates, Sr., Chuck Collins, AlterNet. December 21, 2009.
What horrors will befall our nation's wealthy when one of the most bizarre twists in tax legislation in history comes to pass?

10 Ways to Screw Over the Corporate Jackals Who've Been Screwing You

Scott Thill, AlterNet. December 19, 2009.
Tired of getting pushed around by faceless big business? Here are 10 ways to push back!

Kucinich: 'Class War Is Over, Working People Lost'

Sahil Kapur, Raw Story. December 17, 2009.
"The separation between the finance economy and the real economy is real. This is not some fake idea. You can’t call that class warfare. That’s a fact."

Banks Get into the Unemployment Biz, and Quickly Start the Rip-offs

Barbara Koeppel, Consortium News. December 17, 2009.
As states pay unemployment benefits with bank debit cards, the jobless are seeing their fees add up.

Why Shouldn't Paris Hilton Pay Her Fair Share?

Brian Miller, AlterNet. December 17, 2009.
If Congress doesn't act, the richest among us will get a huge windfall next year.

Businesses and Unions Face the Guest Worker Dilemma

Maribel Hastings, New America Media. December 17, 2009.
Corporations and labor leaders must negotiate an effective policy to deal with the U.S.'s 12 million undocumented immigrants.

In the Shadow of Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Is Far from Recovery

Denver Nicks, AlterNet. December 17, 2009.
Profits and bonuses are back on the Street, but the prosperity hasn't filtered down past the service economy.

Foreclosure Crisis Ceding American Communities to Rats, Insects

Annette Fuentes, New America Media. December 16, 2009.
Abandoned swimming pools and garbage-strewn ghost towns have become ground zero for mosquito and rat infestations.

135,000 Will Die Due to Lack of Insurance Before Health Reform Takes Effect, Study Finds

Brad Jacobson, Raw Story. December 16, 2009.
Death toll estimate exceeds the total number of Americans who died in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the attacks of 9/11 combined.

The Brutal Dark Side of Obama's "Softer" Immigration Enforcement

David Bacon, The Progressive. December 16, 2009.
'Sanctions pretend to punish employers but in reality, they punish workers.'

Krugman: It Seems Like Washington Wants Another Financial Disaster

Paul Krugman, The New York Times. December 16, 2009.
Are the Dems willing to learn something from the disaster that has overtaken the U.S. economy, and get behind financial reform?

Congress's Attempt at Financial Reform Is Very Weak Broth

Zach Carter, Media Consortium. December 16, 2009.
The latest efforts to reform Wall Street don't away with too-big-to-fail banks, and that's a big problem -- here's what progressives are saying about it.

10 Percent Interest Is Plenty Enough! Why Usury Needs to Stop Now

William Greider, TheNation.com. December 15, 2009.
Usury is under scrutiny, thanks to an interfaith alliance that's planning to stage "face-to-face" interactions with bankers and politicians.

9 Holiday Gifts Every American Should Go Without

Luanne Bradley, EcoSalon. December 15, 2009.
Aren't we already up to our ears in calendars, cell phones and Ugg boots?

The Economic Crisis Comes to a State Near You

Dollars and Sense. December 14, 2009.
States are feeling the grip of the Great Recession.

Meet Joe Bageant: One of America's Best Redneck Populist Writers

AlterNet. December 12, 2009.
Have you been missing out on one of AlterNet's most popular authors? Here are 10 of Bageant's best works from the year.

High Unemployment Rates Frame the Immigration Debate

Marcelo Balive, New America Media. December 11, 2009.
Will a treacherous economic landscape ruin the Obama administration's chances of delivering on immigration reform?

11 Ways to Make Your Holiday Economically and Environmentally Friendly

Sarah Sloane, AlterNet. December 11, 2009.
The holidays can mean big expenses and lots of waste (not to mention the emotional costs). Here's how to avoid all that mess.

Transforming the Rust-Belt into a Green Belt

Blog for Our Future. December 10, 2009.
How do you rebuild Allentown for the 21st Century?

The Reason for 15 Million Unemployed: Poor Thinking at the Top

Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. December 9, 2009.
It is absolutely unacceptable to have 15 million people unemployed just because the people who call the shots are too dumb to figure out how to get them back to work.

Obama Far Outdoes Bush in Escalating War -- The Numbers Will Surprise You

David DeGraw, Amped Status. December 9, 2009.
Increasing numbers of deployed soldiers, mercenaries and drones all add up to Obama being more of a war president than Bush, in terms of hard numbers.

Meet the Billionaire Brothers Funding the Right-Wing War on Obama

Think Progress. December 9, 2009.
They're the 9th richest people in America and they're pushing hard to upend President Obama's progressive agenda.

Billions More in Easy Money for Wall Street -- Are We Too Ignorant About Finance to Stop It?

William Greider, The Nation. December 8, 2009.
A permanent security blanket for big boys of finance will further inflame public opinion. Only the public isn't likely to know.

How Hyper-Capitalism May Hobble the Copenhagen Summit

Walden Bello, Foreign Policy in Focus. December 8, 2009.
Unless we re-think the export-oriented capitalism that's causing all of our climate problems, the Copenhagen conference will be nothing more than a Band-Aid.

Digital Dollars: Why the Marketing and Ad Industry Are Afraid of New Regulatory Watchdogs

Jeffrey Chester, AlterNet. December 8, 2009.
The firms doing the spinning for some of the financial meltdown's biggest players have good reason to be worried. Their crimes, after all, went largely unnoticed.

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