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Shocking Report Reveals the Pentagon’s Addiction to Fraudulent Contractors Shocking Report Reveals the Pentagon’s Addiction to Fraudulent Contractors

A new report shows the Pentagon just can’t quit fraudulent defense contractors.

Oct 20, 2011 / George Zornick

Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America

Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America

Average Americans are watching their country dissolve in front of them, and it will take grassroots mobilization on both the Left and Right to assess and address the systemic dysfu...

Oct 20, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

NYU Students Join Occupy Wall Street Protest NYU Students Join Occupy Wall Street Protest

As the Occupy Wall Street protests surges, so does the student population joining the now international movement.

Oct 20, 2011 / StudentNation / Amy Zhang

Why a Mortgage Cramdown Bill Is Still the Best Bet to Save the Economy Why a Mortgage Cramdown Bill Is Still the Best Bet to Save the Economy

If all underwater mortgages were written down to market value and refinanced, it would add $71 billion a year to the economy and create 1 million jobs.

Oct 20, 2011 / Alex Ulam

Replace Biden on 2012 Ticket? No, VP’s Populism is Obama’s Best Hope Replace Biden on 2012 Ticket? No, VP’s Populism is Obama’s Best Hope

The vice president actually "gets it." He likes unions and working people. He's on message and the rest of the Obama administration should recognize just how necessary th...

Oct 20, 2011 / John Nichols

Occupy Wall Street: Cutting Edge, Old-Fashioned Village Occupy Wall Street: Cutting Edge, Old-Fashioned Village

The Occupy Wall Street movement is simultaneously a cutting-edge online force to be reckoned with and an old-fashioned community. 

Oct 20, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

Is the National Security Complex Too Big To Fail? Is the National Security Complex Too Big To Fail?

Think of Iraq as the AIG of wars, only this bailout is still going on.

Oct 20, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

Let Them Eat Bill Keller Let Them Eat Bill Keller

Funny, he doesn’t look like Marie Antoinette. But former New York Times Executive Editor Keller displays the arrogance of disoriented royal privilege.

Oct 20, 2011 / Robert Scheer

After Nearly Nine Years of War and Occupation, America to Withdraw All Troops From Iraq

After Nearly Nine Years of War and Occupation, America to Withdraw All Troops From Iraq After Nearly Nine Years of War and Occupation, America to Withdraw All Troops From Iraq

In a stunning victory for the American peace movement and Iraqi opponents of the US occupation, virtually all US troops will withdraw from Iraq by this December 31.

Oct 20, 2011 / Tom Hayden

John Nichols: In Ohio, Are Right-Wingers Tearing Down the Progressive Infrastructure? John Nichols: In Ohio, Are Right-Wingers Tearing Down the Progressive Infrastructure?

As the movement to repeal Governor John Kasich's anti-union legislation gains ground, Republican out-of-state groups are flocking to Ohio to implement campaigns in support of the l...

Oct 19, 2011 / The Ed Show

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