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Ten Sacrifices We, and the Next President, Will Face

By Greg Colvin
October 8th, 2008

At Tuesday night’s debate, the presidential candidates were asked a question that I believe deserves much more attention.

"BROKAW: Sen. McCain, for you, we have our first question from the Internet tonight. A child of the Depression, 78-year-old Fiora from Chicago. more »

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Trickle-Up: What a Progressive Bailout Would Look Like

By Joshua Holland
From alternet.org
September 28th, 2008
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alternet.org — It would keep families in their homes and loosen credit markets without rewarding Wall Street's wheeler-dealers for their recklessness.

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Hey, Government! How About Calling on Us?

By William J. Astore
From tomdispatch.com
September 25th, 2008
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tomdispatch.com — Ordinary Americans generally don't want bail-outs, nor do they want handouts. What they normally want is honorable work, decent wages, and a government willing to wake up and help them contribute to a national restoration.

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Moguls Steal Home While Companies Strike Out

By Bill Moyers
September 19th, 2008

From our offices in Manhattan, we look out on the tall, gleaming skyscrapers that are cathedrals of wealth and power -- the Olympus ruled by the gods of finance, the temples of the mighty, the holy of holies, whose priests guard the sacred texts of salvation -- the ones containing the secrets of subprime lending and derivatives as mysterious and elusive as the Grail itself. more »

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Where Is The Outrage, Where Is The Debate?

By Danny Schechter
September 18th, 2008
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All the economic pain and uncertainty leading up to what may still become a catastrophe had before now had mostly been buried in the business section. But even now, media coverage is tepid, superficial and misleading. Here's what we need to do. more »

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Education Is Great, But We Need More Unions

By Amy Traub
September 18th, 2008

Education alone won’t solve the economic problems underlying the middle-class squeeze. We need an economy in which working people have more power in the labor market. more »

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Constitution Day and Our Civil Liberties

By Margaret Huang
From progressive.org
September 17th, 2008
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progressive.org — September 17 is Constitution Day, marking the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. But we have less to celebrate today because the Bush administration has so tarnished our constitutional rights.

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Tackle Wealth Concentration

By Sarah Anderson
September 17th, 2008

Not since the era of the robber barons have so few held such a large piece of our economic pie. We are unlikely to achieve the policy changes that will benefit working people as long as our country tolerates extreme levels of wealth concentration. more »

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Tackle Wealth Concentration

By Sarah Anderson and Chuck Collins
September 17th, 2008
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Not since the era of the robber barons have so few held such a large piece of our economic pie. We are unlikely to achieve the policy changes that will benefit working people as long as our country tolerates extreme levels of wealth concentration. more »

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The Winning Frame has Emerged

By Jeffrey Feldman
September 16th, 2008

Sometimes, people think of framing in presidential elections as a tug of war.  We set our frame, they set theirs; whichever side pulls the hardest wins. 

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