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Home Opportunity at a Crossroads

Home Opportunity is at a crossroads, and with it the American economy. Misconduct by banks, inadequate rules, and lax enforcement have cost 4 million families their homes since the financial crisis began, devastated communities around the country, and triggered a deep...

The Price of Evil at JPMorgan Chase

$16 billion. That’s how much JPMorgan Chase has paid in fines, settlements and other litigation expenses in the last four years alone.  More than half of that amount, $8.5 billion, was paid out in fines and settlements as the result of illegal actions taken by bank...

Iraq War at 10: Anniversary of My Political Awareness

As the US kicked off the Iraq War on the evening of March 19, 2003, with the infamous "shock and awe" bombardment of Baghdad, I huddled into a small high school classroom for an antiwar gathering organized by several faculty members. Little did I know at the time...

Go Vote For The 'Movin' in, kids!' Video

Watch this video, Movin' in, kids! Then click through and give it a rating because the video with the most view and best rating wins! [youtube]http://youtu.be/ZZQlbtlErLo[/youtube] This video comes to you from Just Scrap The Cap. The Story The Peter G. Peterson...

"The Doctor Has Ordered A Very Large Chill Pill"

Jared Bernstein has posted some very important information that one can only hope both the White House and the Democrats are aware of and prepared to change direction because of.  It shows that our runaway medical costs are actually slowing down and he posits that...

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