Economy-Labor
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Ben Bernanke: Unemployment High, Interest Rates Unchanged For Many Months To Come
Memo to those who are out of work: Don’t get your hopes up this year. [...] -
In State Of The Union, Obama Calls For Minimum 30 Percent Tax On Millionaires
During tonight’s State of the Union, President Obama — noting that one quarter of millionaires [...] -
What we’ve learned from Romney’s returns
Romney would be in the top 1% based solely on the income he makes in [...] -
Conservative Fantasies About the Miracles of the Market
A central doctrine of evangelicals for the “free market” is its capacity for innovation: New [...] -
Boehner Threatens To Hold Payroll Tax Holiday Hostage To Approval Of Keystone XL
On Fox News Sunday this morning, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told Chris Wallace that [...] -
Free Enterprise on Trial
Robert Reich :-: Mitt Romney is casting the 2012 campaign as “free enterprise on trial” [...] - More from Economy-Labor
Health and Wellness
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Sickened and Still Waiting for Justice: 9/11 First Responders and Cold War Nuclear Weapons Workers Battle for Fair Compensation
The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act (Zadroga Act) and the Energy Employees Occupational [...] -
Top 5 Regrets of the Dying
For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone [...] -
The Right to Be Healthy: Supreme Court Weighs Sick Leave for State Workers
One day in August 2007, Daniel Coleman, an administrator in the Maryland court system, decided [...] -
Scrooged: FDA gives up on antibiotic restrictions in livestock
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pulled a Scrooge move just before Christmas. The agency [...] -
Obama administration to make drug companies disclose money paid to doctors
The Obama administration plans to establish new rules requiring pharmaceutical companies to disclose the payments [...] -
Obama administration to make drug companies disclose money paid to doctors
The Obama administration plans to establish new rules requiring pharmaceutical companies to disclose the payments [...] - More from Health and Wellness
Crime, Legal Issues
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BREAKING: TransCanada’s Dirty Keystone XL Jobs Claims Draw Complaint To SEC
ThinkProgress Green has learned that TransCanada, the foreign tar sands company behind the proposed Keystone [...] -
Stress Testing Tim Geithner – breaking up B of A
“A Ticking Time Bomb” - What does Wall Street know that we don’t?
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Supreme Court: Warrant needed for GPS tracking
The United States Supreme Court ruled on Monday for the first time that law enforcement [...] -
Obama to Grant Banks Robosigning Immunity in Showdown With Breakaway AGs
Without considering the guilt or innocence of the five major banks involved, the Obama Administration [...] -
Workers’ Right To Sue Employers Over Pay, Other Conditions In Flux
n 2010, Stephen Brown was living in York, Pa., and needed work. Most days Labor [...] -
Chris Hedges: Why I’m Suing Barack Obama
Chris Hedges Attorneys Carl J. Mayer and Bruce I. Afran filed a complaint Friday in [...] - More from Crime, Legal Issues
Fascism, Police State, Authoritarianism
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FBI Wants New App to Wiretap the Internet
The FBI’s Strategic Information and Operations Center (SOIC) posted a ‘Request for Information (RFI)’ online [...] -
Google Privacy Policies Get Major Revamp – You CAN’T Opt out!
Google announced changes to its privacy policies that will allow the web giant to merge [...] -
Obama to Use Pension Funds of Ordinary Americans to Pay for Bank Mortgage “Settlement”
Obama’s latest housing market chicanery should come as no surprise. As we discuss below, he [...] -
Critics of Mortgage Deal Press Obama, State AGs to Reject Big Bank Proposal
Obama Is on the Brink of a Settlement With the Big Banks—and Progressives Are Furious
FEC Republicans Are Making Citizens United Even Worse
Three Republican appointees to the Federal Election Commission may be as responsible as anyone for [...]
Justice Scalia On Unlimited Political Ads: Turn Off The TV
U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia has a simple solution for people who don’t like [...]- More from Fascism, Police State, Authoritarianism
Environment
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No Fracking Way! Industry Says Word ‘Frack’ Has Been Co-Opted
“It’s Madison Avenue hell” “Hydraulic fracturing” is more commonly known as “fracking.” During this week’s [...] -
’Clean Water Safeguards Headed Down the Drain?
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.<br> THIRTY-NINE YEARS AGO, CONGRESS SIGNED INTO LAW A HISTORIC PIECE OF [...] -
Forecast The Facts Exposes America’s Climate-Denier TV Weathermen
America’s television meteorologists are the primary source of climate information for most Americans, and are [...] -
Obama Administration Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline
Bill McKibben: “This is a victory for Americans who testified in record numbers” The White [...] -
Goodbye, Fish: Rising CO2 Direct Threat to Sea Life
Study: Rising CO2 affecting brains, central nervous systems of sea fish New research shows the [...] -
MIT Climate Scientist’s Wife Threatened In A “Frenzy of Hate”
Prominent MIT researcher Kerry Emanuel has been receiving an unprecedented “frenzy of hate” after a [...] - More from Environment
Energy
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The Radioactive Waste Crisis
Before the month of January is out, the US Department of Energy’s Blue Ribbon Commission [...] -
Fukushima Fallout: Thousands Protest Against Nuclear Power in Japan
Thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of Yokohama, Japan on Saturday afternoon calling for an [...] -
Science with a Skew: The Nuclear Power Industry After Chernobyl and Fukushima
It is one of the marvels of our time that the nuclear industry managed to [...] -
Japan Nuclear Plants To Be Shut Down After 40 Years
Japan says it will soon require atomic reactors to be shut down after 40 years [...] -
Solar Power Off the Grid: Energy Access for World’s Poor
More than a billion people worldwide lack access to electricity. The best way to bring [...] -
2012 Is the Year to Finally Bury Nuke Power
The year 2012 has opened with news that Fukushima’s radioactive cloud may already have killed [...] - More from Energy
Politics
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Obama’s Faux Populism Sounds Like Bill Clinton
I’ll admit it: Listening to Barack Obama, I am ready to enlist in his campaign [...] -
In Obama’s State of the Union, Troublesome Passages for Progressives
Matthew Rothschild,
Excuse me for not yelling myself hoarse for Obama’s warmed over State of [...] -
“He Says One Thing and Does Another”: Ralph Nader Responds to Obama’s State of the Union Address
Responding to President Obama’s State of the Union address, longtime consumer advocate and former presidential [...] -
Mitt Romney Is Definitely Wall Street’s Favorite Guy, and More | Truthout
Thom Hartmann: In today’s On the News segment: Mitt Romney is definitely Wall Street’s favorite [...] -
Here He Comes Again!
Newt Gingrich is a one-man, made-in-America melting pot. Here’s a committed devotee of tooth-and-claw capitalism, [...] -
Rep. Johnson: Citizens United allowed corporate money to dictate public policy
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) condemned the influence of money on American politics on Saturday, the [...] - More from Politics
Rightwing World
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Joe Walsh Trailing Democrats In Illinois 8th District Poll: Duckworth Leading Krishnamoorthi
A new poll shows U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh trailing Democrats in Illinois’ 8th District. The [...] -
Colorado Republicans Push Bill To Allow Guns In Elementary Schools
Abandoning any pretense that they’re focused on job creation, Colorado Republicans have clarified their priorities [...] -
Tea Party Groups In Tennessee Demand Textbooks Overlook U.S. Founder’s Slave-Owning History
A little more than a year after the conservative-led state board of education in Texas [...] -
Rick Santorum On Opposition To Abortion In Cases Of Rape: ‘Make The Best Out Of A Bad Situation’
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum explained his opposition to abortion even in cases of rape [...] -
Pawlenty Defends Unlimited Campaign Donations As Citizens United Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary
Two years ago today, the Supreme Court struck down longstanding restrictions on corporate money in [...] -
Santorum Staffer Says Women Shouldn’t Be President Because It’s Against God’s Will
In an article about the reasons Rep. Michele Bachmann’s campaign fizzled, the Des Moines Register [...] - More from Rightwing World
Science & Technology
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Mars Pictures: NASA Releases New Images From Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA on Wednesday added four spectacular images to its 20,500-photo database of high-resolution images of [...] -
Origins Of Life Clues Revealed By Sugar Study
How did life originate from lifeless matter? It’s a question that has long puzzled scientists [...] -
Study: Potential Hazards of Nanotechnology Not Known
Without research into risks, “the future of safe and sustainable nanotechnology-based materials, products, and processes [...] -
How To Be Organized: 5 Uses For Vinegar
Vinegar is more than something you use while cooking and baking. From cleaning to laundry, [...] -
Stem Cells Shown To Help Penis Problems In Rats
Stem cells sure are versatile. They’re being eyed as the key to treating medical conditions [...] -
Roman Ruins In England Found To Have Mysterious ‘Winged’ Structure
A recently discovered mysterious “winged” structure in England, which in the Roman period may have [...] - More from Science & Technology
Religion
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Denum Ellarby Refused Communion Because He Has Down Syndrome, Parents Say
Clare Ellarby says her child wasn’t allowed to take his first Holy Communion because he [...] -
Daniele Bolelli: Believe It Or Not: 7 Facts You’re Not Supposed To Know About Religion
Religion is one of those big taboo topics that many people are terrified to touch: [...] -
Pope Laments Christmas Consumerism, Urges People To Look Beyond ‘Superficial Glitter’
Pope Benedict XVI decried the increasing commercialization of Christmas as he celebrated Christmas Eve Mass [...] -
An Atheist’s Plea on Christmas: ‘Go Enjoy Real Life’
If anyone tries to make you feel ashamed, or inferior, or like your life will [...] -
The Neuroscience of the Bar Mitzvah
Attending a recent Bar Mitzvah ceremony, I was impressed, once again, by the [...] -
The Polite Bribe: A New Narrative for Paul and the Early Church?
The Apostle Paul was, for much of his life, and abject failure who [...] - More from Religion
Foregin Policy
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US/Israel: Iran NOT Building Nukes
Has Iran decided to build a nuclear bomb? That would seem to be the central [...] -
Report: US Preparing for an Israeli Strike on Iran
Iran: We have proof US behind assassination Iran is looking at “punishing” those behind the [...] -
Panetta: Iran Not Building a Nuclear Weapon
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta appears on CBS’ Face the Nation this morning and declared, [...] -
Obama’s Pentagon Strategy: A Leaner, More Efficient Empire
In an age when U.S. power can be projected through private mercenary armies and unmanned [...] -
What’s Wrong With Free Trade
Ian Fletcher is Senior Economist of the Coalition for a Prosperous America, Ian Fletcher is [...] -
NAFTA’s Problems Need To Be Addressed Now
When problems confront our nation, our elected leaders are supposed to address them. We created [...] - More from Foregin Policy
World
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Japan Earthquake: Magnitude 7.0 Temblor Hits Off Japan’s Pacific Island
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck under the sea south of Japan on Sunday, shaking buildings in [...] -
‘Russia Without Putin’: Huge Protests Assemble In Moscow
For a month now, a nascent protest movement has roiled Russia as Prime Minister Vladimir [...] -
It’s time that we valued people over profits, poll results show
The British public want business to put “people before profits” and to see politicians close [...] -
Prime Minister al-Maliki to US Chamber of Commerce: Iraq is open for business
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Tuesday that his country [...] -
U.S. Worried IMF Loans To Europe Could Lead To Losses
The prospect of European heavyweights like Italy or Spain turning to the IMF [...] -
Is Europe planning to bring back the old currencies?
Professor Costas Panayotakis, New York City College of Technology at CUNY joins Thom Hartmann. When [...] - More from World
Military, War
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War on Iran: It’s Not A Matter of “If”
The world’s press is choc-a-bloc with “if” questions about Iran and war. Will Israel attack? [...] -
The Geo-Politics of the Strait of Hormuz: Could the U.S. Navy be defeated by Iran in the Persian Gulf?
The Pentagon’s own war simulations show that a war in the Persian Gulf with Iran [...] -
Cargo Drone Tested In Afghanistan
The U.S. military is testing a revolutionary new drone for its arsenal, a pilotless helicopter [...] -
Fawaz Gerges: The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda: Debunking the Terrorism Narrative
The popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain have not only shaken [...] -
Think Again: As We Leave Iraq, Remember How We Got In
Two weeks ago in this space, I employed the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack [...] -
DoD Investigating Nine Cases of “Terrorism-Related Acts” by US Military and Contractors?
Buried within the new Department of Defense Inspector General’s report, “Contingency Contracting: A Framework for [...] - More from Military, War
Social Issues
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How Swedes and Norwegians broke the power of the ‘1 percent’ / Waging Nonviolence
their society’s high level of freedom and broadly-shared prosperity began when workers and farmers, along [...] -
Challenging the Republican’s Five Myths on Inequality
The Republican position on inequality rests on five statements, all false. Recent comments by Mitt [...] -
Ten Steps for Radical Revolution in the US
“I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the [...] -
War and Being and Nothingness
The best book I’ve read in a very long time is a new one: “The [...] -
Corporate Rule Is Not Inevitable
7 signs the corporatocracy is losing its legitimacy … and 7 populist tools to help [...] -
Two Years After “Citizens United,” Amending the Constitution is Essential | Center for Media and Democracy
January 21 marks the second anniversary of Citizens United v. F.E.C., where a narrow majority [...] - More from Social Issues
Other Recent Articles
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The War On A Woman’s Right To Choose, 2012 Edition
2011 was a banner year for anti-choice activists who succeeded in pushing through a record number of abortion restrictions. But it’s a new year, and it appears the GOP is dead set on outdoing itself. Republicans in Congress and across the country are introducing a variety pack of extreme anti-abortion bills — including personhood initiatives, [...]
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A Better Question Might Be, ‘How Is It NOT Fascism?’
Have you ever spoken to someone who lived through a fascist regime? If and when you do, you might be surprised at what you hear. When they get talking, most people who lived through Mussolini’s Italy, Franco’s Spain, Salazar’s Portugal. Videla’s Argentina, Vargas’s Brazil or Bordaberry’s Uruguay paint surprisingly benign pictures of daily life in [...]
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WATCH: MSNBC Host’s Jaw-Dropping Smackdown Of Tea Party-Backed Rep
Martin Bashir Tears Into Rep. Joe Walsh For Owing Back Child Support (VIDEO)
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Star Trek’s Tricorder Medical Scanner May Become Reality, Thanks To Nanotechnology Breakthrough
Trekkies, take heart. A scientific breakthrough involving a form of infrared radiation known as terahertz (THz) waves could lead to handheld medical scanners reminiscent of the “tricorder” featured on the original Star Trek television series. What’s the breakthrough? Using nanotechnology, physicists in London and Singapore found a way to make a beam of the”T-rays”–which are [...]
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Carville to GOP: You have a disaster on your hands
Memo to Republican Establishment: I would send this memo to each of you individually, but I’m not sure exactly who you are. I’ve been told that you exist and that people like my colleagues Bill Bennett, Karl Rove, and Bill Kristol are charter members of it. I am assuming you are out there and I [...]
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