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What Ever Happened to the Good Times the Tax-Cutters Promised?

By Sam Pizzigati
November 22, 2009

Don't expect an answer from the ranters and ravers who frequent 'Tea Parties' — or the politicians who egg them on.

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Progress on Texas Wind Energy Jobs

By Natasha Chart
November 20, 2009

The dispute over whether or not a Texas wind farm receiving federal subsidies would source its components from a Chinese manufacturer has come to a more agreeable solution, with the partnering companies agreeing to open a 1,000 person turbine factory in the US more »

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The One Thing That Will Help Restore U.S.-China Trade Balance

By Dave Johnson
November 19, 2009

Have you heard of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission? Their job is to assess the national security implications of the trade and economic relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China. Actually, that’s a big deal, especially now. more »

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Hell if D.C. Didn't Offshore $849 Million in Stimulus for Windmills Already

By Leo Gerard
November 19, 2009

It turns out a Texas windmill farm developer's request last month for nearly half a billion in stimulus funds to create 2,000 jobs in China doesn't rank first on the audacity scale.

Shockingly for American taxpayers, and sadly for the staggering 10.2 percent of Americans who are unemployed, it doesn't even rank second.

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California: A Civilisation In Decline

By Shane Goldmacher
From latimes.com
November 19th, 2009

latimes.com — "There is no more to cut from our schools," California Teachers Assn. President David Sanchez said Tuesday. "There is no more meat on this bone. . . . The next step is amputation."

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Dramatic Rise in Pesticide Use on GM Crops Due to the new Resistant Weeds

From truefoodnow.org
November 18th, 2009

truefoodnow.org — Geneticaly modified nightmare on its way.

Based upon data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), report author Dr. Charles Benbrook presents compelling evidence linking the increase in pesticide use on GE, “herbicide-tolerant” (HT) crops to the emergence and spread of herbicide-resistant weeds.

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Inequality's Death Toll: A New Calculation

By Sam Pizzigati
November 18, 2009

What has the potential to save more lives, the insurance reforms in the House health care bill or the higher taxes on the rich the bill imposes to pay for those reforms? This rather odd question, suggests a new study on inequality and health, really does merit asking.

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The Problem With A Jobs Bill – And Everything Else

By Dave Johnson
November 18, 2009

The country needs a jobs program and needs it right now. Cash for Caulkers would be a good start. A new Civilian Conservation Corps would be another. But let's not allow a jobs program to cover over the need for real changes in the structure and core principles of our economy. more »

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Congress' Choice: Real Derivatives Reform Or Another Wall Street Earthquake

By Robert Johnson
November 18, 2009

This post is an excerpt of testimony presented to the Senate Agriculture Committee on November 18, 2009 in a hearing on legislation reforming regulation of financial markets. The testimony was presented on behalf of Americans for Financial Reform. more »

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Obama's Asian Angst

By Scott Paul
November 18, 2009

I like that President Obama accords his Asian peers with respect, bowing if tradition calls for it, even though it raises the hackles of some wingnuts. But bowing to the wishes of China is another matter altogether. I'm completely underwhelmed with the results of the President's trip to China, especially with so much at stake. more »

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Responding To Climate Change By Speeding Job Creation

By Natasha Chart
November 17, 2009

From Bloomberg, we learn how China is pushing an ambitious domestic clean economy agenda, planning large scale projects that will keep their citizens employed and civil unrest at bay. more »

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Welcome home, war

From atimes.com
November 17th, 2009

atimes.com — In his approach to National Security Agency surveillance, as well as Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) renditions, drone assassinations, and military detention, President Barack Obama has to a surprising extent embraced the expanded executive powers championed by his conservative predecessor, George W Bush.

This bipartisan affirmation of the imperial executive could "reverberate for generations", warns Jack Balkin, a specialist on First Amendment freedoms at Yale Law School. "...these (are) but some of the early fruits from the hybrid seeds that the "war on terror" has planted on American soil. Yet surprisingly few Americans seem aware of the toll that this already endless war has taken on our civil liberties... "

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It's Time to Put Jobs First

By Richard Trumka
November 17, 2009

We've got a jobs crisis in this country, and we need to fix it—now!

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The Washington Times Was Against Protectionism Before It Was For It

By Dave Johnson
November 16, 2009

President Obama is visiting Asia, and is blasted over and over about America's supposedly "protectionist" policies. more »

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Our Clean Energy Dollars Create Jobs Overseas As We Struggle To Catch Up

By Natasha Chart
November 16, 2009

Sen. Charles Schumer has added to concerns that clean energy stimulus funding is creating wind energy jobs in China instead of the US, taking recent public interest as an opportunity to draw attention to the lack of controls favoring domestic employment. more »

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Business Council Honors Mining CEO for Clipping Workers, Whacking Towns

By Leo Gerard
November 16, 2009

A business group is honoring Roger Agnelli, the CEO of Vale, one of the largest mining companies in the world, which, coincidentally, is in the midst of its longest ever labor dispute. The award is for exceptional accomplishments in corporate social responsibility. more »

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Biggest State Party to Obama: Get Out of Afghanistan

By Norman Solomon
November 16, 2009

This week begins with a significant new straw in the political wind for President Obama to consider. The California Democratic Party has just sent him a formal and clear message: Stop making war in Afghanistan.

Overwhelmingly approved on Sunday by the California Democratic Party's 300-member statewide executive board, the resolution is titled "End the U.S. more »

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Against Wall Street, Prosecutors Are Striking Out

By Sam Pizzigati
November 16, 2009

Unfortunately, lawmakers aren't doing too well either — and the big bank bonus grab has once again shifted into overdrive.

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An American in Paris, and Beijing, and London...

By Alan Jenkins
November 16, 2009

During a series of trips through Europe and Asia that I completed last week, I was reminded that the Americans with Disabilities Act really is the Americans with Disabilities Act, and why our nation should be so proud of that milestone. more »

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Health Care Reform Now at a “Which Side?” Moment for Progressives

By Phillip Cryan
November 16, 2009

After a year’s arduous work on health care reform, some progressives are throwing up their hands in exasperation: what did we really get for all the struggle and strife? Should we even support it? According to critics, Democratic legislators have compromised too often and conceded too much. The bundle of policies we’re left with is deeply flawed – imperfect half-measures unable to deliver on any of our major goals. Why bother fighting, in the end, to secure passage of a reform that’s so weak? Voices like these have been a recurring feature of U.S. healthcare debate for decades. They tend to forget – improbably enough, for people who genuinely want to transform our screwed-up health care system – that only a political victory can change that system.

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