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Deflation, Not Deficit, Is the Real Threat

Deflation, Not Deficit, Is the Real Threat

Members of the Fed have started warning that full-blown monetary deflation may be coming. That, not the deficit, could really put the US economy in ruin.

William Greider
Posted July 30, 2010

Journalism's Age of Shame

Journalism's Age of Shame

Andrew Breitbart's schtick should be familiar by now. The same techniques used to defame Shirley Sherrod and discredit the NAACP were employed to destroy ACORN.

Eric Alterman
Posted July 29, 2010

WikiLeaks in Baghdad

WikiLeaks in Baghdad

Soldiers involved in the "Collateral Murder" video have come forward to tell their story.

Sarah Lazare and Ryan Harvey
Posted July 29, 2010

News and Analysis

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The Game Change (Immigration to the US, The Left, Society)

Nine reasons Democrats should embrace immigration reform this year.

Greg Grandin
Change Comes to Nixonland (History, Politics, Society)

Will the Nixon Library actually portray Watergate accurately?

Jon Wiener
Citizens Unite Against 'Citizens United' (Activism, Social Justice, Corporate Lobbying, Law)

MoveOn.org is leading a coalition of advocacy groups to overturn the Supreme Court decision.

Ari Berman
Baby Baiting (Conservatives and the American Right, Immigration to the US, The Constitution, Society)

Senator Lindsey Graham is the latest to join the assault on birthright citizenship, announcing that he may introduce a constitutional amendment banning automatic citizenship to the children of immigrants who "come here to drop a child." But his argument rests on a total fallacy.

Robin Templeton
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John McCain's Last Stand (Conservatives and the American Right, Society)

He'll probably fend off J.D. Hayworth, but in order to win he's lost most of his principles.

Marc Cooper
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Poll

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Judge Susan Bolton has blocked key provisions in Arizona's new immigration law. How will this decision affect the politics of immigration reform?
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer will appeal the decision to the Supreme Court, thereby distracting from a push for comprehensive reform
25%
This will propel the Obama administration to push legislation that makes clear that federal immigration law supersedes state law
18%
The GOP will use this to stonewall immigration reform, arguing that Democrats aren't serious about controlling the border
57%
Total votes: 258
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Columnists

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KATHA POLLITT

PATRICIA WILLIAMS

ERIC ALTERMAN

MELISSA HARRIS-LACEWELL

NAOMI KLEIN

ALEXANDER COCKBURN

CALVIN TRILLIN

GARY YOUNGE
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