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Executive
Christopher Hayes:
What effect will the reduction in troops in Iraq that Obama has promised have on defense spending?
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U.S. Economy
Christopher Hayes:
The Obama Administration has announced a plan to reduce the budget deficit through a three-year freeze on non-security discretionary spending. What are possible long-term effects?
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Campaigns & Elections
MSNBC :
Chris Hayes argues that voters' anti-incumbent attitude is more about anger and frustration with the current economy than political ideology.
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Congress
VideoNation :
Find out Professor Lawrence Lessig's solutions and ideas for how to fix Congress in this video companion to his cover story, "How to Get Democracy Back."
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Journalists & Journalism
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Student journalists at The Nation and Campus Progress's Annual Student Journalism Conference talk how news media will be produced, consumed and funded in the next five to ten years.
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Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
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Leading gay rights activist Tony Kushner explains why Obama's first year signals a bright future for LGBT issues.
The Nation's DC editor, Chris Hayes, provides a quick run-down of
the bailout, its limited trajectory, and what its limitations mean for
the Obama administration. Although Hayes' explanation is easy to
understand, the continued profits that the bailout is providing for Wall
Street--
and
no one else--are more difficult to swallow. Because of the staggering
17.5 trillion dollars being pumped, basically for free, into the banks,
they're making profits--but the bucks stop there. If that's the only
silver lining, Hayes explains, this misdirected spending is a "ticking
time bomb" for Obama. As unemployment, foreclosures, and wages feed
economic misery, the banks shouldn't expect the American people to throw
them victory parties any time soon--and neither should the members of
bailout-defending administration.
--Fernanda Diaz
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