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Why Does Obama Keep Siding With Wall Street? Why Does Obama Keep Siding With Wall Street?

Why did Obama keep Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers on staff when they helped lay the groundwork for the financial crisis?

Sep 20, 2010 / MSNBC

China, Energy and Global Power China, Energy and Global Power

Because energy is tied to so many aspects of the global economy, and because doubts are growing about the future availability of oil and other vital fuels, the decisions China ma...

Sep 20, 2010 / Michael T. Klare

Michael Steele, Republican Leaders Have a Duty to Condemn Grand Old Bigots Michael Steele, Republican Leaders Have a Duty to Condemn Grand Old Bigots

A  Montana Republican Party platform plank calls for criminalizing homosexuality, a stance that would round up gays and lesbians and incarcerate them. That's bigotry in its cr...

Sep 20, 2010 / John Nichols

Useless Sanctions on China: Robert Reich Says ‘Forget It,’ Better to Rebuild American Industry Useless Sanctions on China: Robert Reich Says ‘Forget It,’ Better to Rebuild American Industry

 More and more, as the economic crisis continues and unemployment stays high, many politicians, labor officials and economists want to blame China and worse, take it out on Ch...

Sep 19, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss

Tell Politicians How To Spend Money, Win $500 Tell Politicians How To Spend Money, Win $500

If you're between 13-23 years old, you can win $500 for making a video about how you would spend a trillion dollars to help your community.

Sep 18, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette

There Will Be ‘Hell to Pay’ If Elizabeth Warren Does Not Have Real Power There Will Be ‘Hell to Pay’ If Elizabeth Warren Does Not Have Real Power

Progressives worry that Obama is being "coy" about the authority he has handed the consumer champion. They're right to worry, and to keep the pressure on.

Sep 17, 2010 / John Nichols

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

Newt Gingrich, the current conservative "reality" and the mail.

Sep 17, 2010 / Eric Alterman

Rwanda’s Other Genocide Rwanda’s Other Genocide

Paul Kagame has been praised for leading Rwanda’s recovery after the 1994 genocide. But his image has become increasingly tarnished, with reports of political repression now ...

Sep 17, 2010 / Tristan McConnell

The Poverty Nation Washington Built The Poverty Nation Washington Built

The massive job losses between 2008 and 2009 were surely the biggest factor in the record poverty numbers the Census just reported. But those harrowing months were neither the be...

Sep 17, 2010 / Kai Wright

Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP’s War Against Women’s Rights Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP’s War Against Women’s Rights

Five Republican Senate nominees recently announced that they do not support a woman's right to an abortion even in the case of rape or incest.

Sep 17, 2010 / Press Room

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