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Behind Super-Sized Sodas a Deeper Danger
Sugary soft drinks, as Michael Bloomberg reminds us, do our nation no good. But if we really want to narrow our waistbands, we’re going to have to narrow the income gaps that divide us.
Wisconsin Recall A Battle We Cant Afford To Lose
For the progressive movement, it's put up or shut up time in Wisconsin.
Challenging The Real Greedy Geezer
I have always loathed Alan Simpson going all the way back to the 80s. His pro-choice and LGBT rights record always gave him cover as a "moderate" and everyone enjoys his colorful language. But he's a hardcore fiscal conservative who thinks that everyone can make it in America by just pulling themselves up by their […]
Jobs It Is (Long Past) Time For Government To Act
Combine a too-optimistic administration with a Republican Party that is sabotaging the economy as a campaign strategy and what do you get? You get today's terrible jobs report. First, though, remember that the economy lost 818,000 jobs in the last month of the Bush presidency. The stimulus at least turned that around.
Jobs Report Proof Right-Wing Obstruction Is Choking Recovery
Today's unemployment report, reflecting an anemic increase of only 69,000 new jobs in May and an unemployment rate up to 8.2 percent, is the best evidence yet that conservative obstruction measures that would put Americans back to work is crippling the economy.
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Chief Justice Roberts' Choice
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Chief Justice Roberts' Choice
Watch Reporter Manhandled For Trying To Ask Question Of Powerful CEO At Public Event
Mike Elk, of In These Times, attempted to ask Honeywell CEO David Cote a question, at a Capitol Hill event. Watch what happens.
Fear Loathing & Austerity In Ireland
Before Greece, before Spain, before Germany, France, or even Britain there was Ireland. Just two years ago, the Heritage Foundation placed Ireland in the top ten of its "Index of Economic Freedom." That was two years after the "Celtic Tiger" that was the Irish economy had been effectively neutered.
Home Defenders League Underwater Homeowners Mobilize For Political Impact
Ruby Brown of Minneapolis says that for the past four years, she has been "struggling to keep Bank of America from taking my home," trying to convince the bank to reset the principal on her mortgage to its current market value. But the bank has refused, and she fears marshals will be coming to evict her any day now.
