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A most dastardly deed occurred last Friday when the Obama administration issued a 29-page policy statement totally abandoning the federal government’s time-honored role in ...

Feb 16, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Time for a New Economy Time for a New Economy

At last week's 2011 Green Jobs Conference, members of the American Sustainable Business Council presented creative strategies for achieving a "triple bottom line" of soci...

Feb 16, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tens of Thousands Protest Move by Wisconsin’s Governor to Destroy Public Sector Unions

Tens of Thousands Protest Move by Wisconsin’s Governor to Destroy Public Sector Unions Tens of Thousands Protest Move by Wisconsin’s Governor to Destroy Public Sector Unions

Republican Governor Scott Walker wants to strip state workers of their collective bargaining rights. Wisconsinites are fighting back.

Feb 16, 2011 / John Nichols

Obama’s Budget: More Guns, Less Butter Obama’s Budget: More Guns, Less Butter

A budget plan that cuts over 200 federal programs and expands military spending reveals the president's misplaced priorities.

Feb 16, 2011 / Press Room

The Culture War on Jobs The Culture War on Jobs

It might be the greatest bait and switch ever pulled on the American voter. For two successive election cycles we've been promised jobs, a recovering economy, attention to the Cons...

Feb 15, 2011 / Laura Flanders

Obama’s Budget: More Guns, Less Butter Obama’s Budget: More Guns, Less Butter

A budget plan that cuts over 200 federal programs and expands military spending reveals the president's misplaced priorities.

Feb 15, 2011 / Democracy Now!

Wisconsin’s Attack on Public Employees Could Lead to a Nationwide Campaign Wisconsin’s Attack on Public Employees Could Lead to a Nationwide Campaign

A proposed bill to end collective bargaining and slash wages and benefits for nearly all public employees could foreshadow a larger conservative strategy to take down unions.

Feb 15, 2011 / Press Room

John Nichols on America’s Socialist Legacy John Nichols on America’s Socialist Legacy

 As the right works to portray Obama as a socialist, John Nichols explains how positive socialist ideals have been blacklisted from our political discourse. 

Feb 15, 2011 / Political Affairs

Debunking Deficit Hysteria Debunking Deficit Hysteria

Poll after poll shows that the public favors job creation over deficit reduction. So why are both parties AWOL on jobs?

Feb 15, 2011 / Ari Berman

Wisconsin’s Attack on Public Employees Could Lead to a Nationwide Campaign Wisconsin’s Attack on Public Employees Could Lead to a Nationwide Campaign

A proposed bill to end collective bargaining and slash wages and benefits for nearly all public employees could foreshadow a larger conservative strategy to take down unions.

Feb 15, 2011 / Democracy Now!

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