Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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The Latest Foreclosure Horror: The Zombie Title
Thousands of homeowners are finding themselves legally liable for houses they didn't know they still owned after banks decided it wasn't worth their while to complete foreclosures on them.
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Montana Coal Protesters Argue Necessity Defense
After decades of failed efforts to curb climate change through traditional politics, many climate activists now believe civil disobedience is as much a moral imperative as breaking into a burning building.
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Two New Fraud Deals Show Wall Street's Washington Insiders at Work
No more deals. No more negotiations. Not until we’re in the room. Not until we’re seated in the chair, at the table, in the chambers of justice, that have always rightfully belonged to us – and only us.
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Why the Simpson-Bowles Plan Will Ultimately Fail
Trying to formulate a deficit reduction plan to solve our financial problems without first fixing the economy is like trying to put the roof on a building that has no foundation or walls.
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What This Economy Needs Now: Worker-Owned Enterprises
Worker-owned enterprises will change politics as they put democratic power in the workplace and build wealth among workers.
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CVS Battles Community Resistance Coast-to-Coast
CVS plans to locate itself at key downtown intersections, maximizing sales at the expense of safety, traffic and history. Now the California town of Sebastopol is fighting back.
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Revealed: America Sold Arms to Bahrain Amid Bloody Crackdown
Despite Bahrain’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the U.S. has continued to provide weapons to the small Mideast nation.
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Dispatch from Greece: Meeting the "Antagonist" Movements
A visitor encounters Exarcheia, a hotbed of political activity, a bulwark against state power - and now an entire zone of Athens where police and those of the "wrong political persuasion" just don’t go.
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Requiem For a Species: Why The Game is Up
The long struggle between the human species and the Earth will conclude with the remnants of the human species learning a painful lesson about unrestrained greed and self-worship.
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In Northern California, All Roads (Still) Lead to Wall Street
The new Community Action Lab in Santa Rosa, Calif., focuses on combating austerity, budget cuts and debt through its Student Union and Robin Hood projects. It kicks off with a teach-in this Thursday.
