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Aronowitz: Education Rediscovered
Znet Article, September, 18 2010
Stanley Aronowitz
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The reasons why public education is suddenly an issue despite years of neglect by politicians and the media are straightforward.
Meister: Hands Off Social Security!
Znet Article, August, 29 2010
Dick Meister
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Republican leaders in Congress would have us believe that most Americans support cutting Social Security and Medicare payments as a way to cut the federal budget deficit. But don't you believe it.
Baker: That Joke About Intergenerational Equity
Znet Article, August, 17 2010
Dean Baker
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The Washington Post and most of the important people in Washington want the United States to be like Kazakhstan. Unfortunately, this is not another Borat movie, this is about the central focus of economic policy in the United States today.
Wainwright: 2020: Public service reform ... but not as we know it!
Znet Article, July, 30 2010
Hilary Wainwright
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Over the last two centuries corporate lawyers and investment bankers have been central to the undemocratic consolidation of private corporate power.
Baker: Helping Homeowners: More Money to the Banks
Znet Article, July, 21 2010
Dean Baker
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The passage of financial reform is a good time to ask how much money we should expect to hand to the banks through our efforts to "help" homeowners. The basic story is very straightforward to anyone with more common sense than a Washington policy ...
Baker: The Attack of the Real Black Helicopter Gang: The IMF Is Coming for Your Social Security
Znet Article, July, 14 2010
Dean Baker
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Last week the IMF told the United States that it needs to start getting its budget deficit down. It put cutting Social Security at the top of the steps that the country should take to achieve deficit reduction. This one is more than a bit outrageo...
Bacon: Hungry By The Numbers
Zmag Article, July, 10 2010
David Bacon
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Some stories from California behind "food insecurity"
Baker: America Speaks Back: Derailing the Drive to Cut Social Security and Medicare
Znet Article, June, 23 2010
Dean Baker
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Next weekend will feature another milestone in the drive to cut Social Security and Medicare. The organization America Speaks will be hosting a series of 20 meetings in cities across the country. They will ask the people at these meetings, a cross...
Landau: The New Right History
Znet Article, June, 14 2010
Saul Landau
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The Texas State Board of Education approved a new social studies curriculum to reflect American History as it should have happened. Board member Cynthia Dunbar (R) elucidated the core of the Board’s premise: America was and should be “a Christian ...
Jamail: PTSD Soldier Punished by Army
Znet Article, June, 05 2010
Dahr Jamail
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Iraq war veteran Eric Jasinski, after seeking treatment for his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is being punished by the Army.
Vltchek: The Earth Shook as Right Wing Took Power
Zmag Article, April, 26 2010
Andre Vltchek
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Political and ideological quakes in Chile threaten the social contract
Baker: The New War on Social Security
Znet Article, April, 14 2010
Dean Baker
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Suppose our top generals described the growing threat from a hostile Middle East power. The country has tens of billions of oil dollars, a growing army, chemical and biological weapons, and is in the process of developing nuclear weapons. After ca...
Herman: Big Government, Deficits, Entitlements, and "Centrists"
Zmag Article, April, 06 2010
Edward Herman
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Some classic double standards in current political rhetoric
Street: Health Reform: Theirs and Ours
Znet Article, March, 24 2010
Paul Street
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Corporate health “reform” has gotten the congressional votes it needed and the public relations spin is on. Now that the “deeply conservative” Barack Obama[1] and his fellow corporate Democrats have pushed their big business-friendly measure – dev...
Kane: “Not a Radical Idea”: The Health Care Summit and Beyond
Znet Article, March, 20 2010
John Kane
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Barack Obama has not proven to be the “Manchurian candidate” that many Americans—sometimes quietly, sometimes not—once believed him to be. But that doesn’t mean that they’ve become more open to discussing his presidency and policies rationally.
Solomon: Zero Public Option + One Mandate = Disaster
Commentary, March, 19 2010
Norman Solomon
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Not long ago, the most prominent supporters of the public option were touting it as essential for healthcare reform. Now, suddenly, it's incidental.
Hightower: Greed Trophy Up for Grabs
Znet Article, February, 18 2010
Jim Hightower
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By gollies, the top executives of health insurance corporations are not giving up without a fight! To paraphrase every high school football coach who ever lived, "When the going gets ugly, the ugly get going."
Baker: Right to Rent: The Best Response to the Housing Crash
Znet Article, February, 17 2010
Dean Baker
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It has been more than three years since the housing bubble began to deflate. During this time, nationwide house prices have fallen by close to 30 percent, after adjusting for inflation. Millions of people have lost their homes and tens of millions...
Raina: A Tale of Two Chief Ministers
Znet Article, January, 24 2010
Badri Raina
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Long years ago, at the conclusion of my doctoral work in America, pressure was put on me to stay and teach there.
Cohn: Keeping Same-Sex Marriage in the Dark
Commentary, January, 16 2010
Marjorie Cohn
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On Wednesday, a conservative majority of the Supreme Court overturned a ruling made by a federal trial judge that would have allowed limited television coverage of a trial that will decide the fate of California's Proposition 8. The trial, which i...
