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DNC bails out of bailed-out Bank of America

August 15, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Business, Campaigns, Corporations, Labor and unions, Obama, Politics One comment

The Democratic National Committee is moving its money. It’s taking its money out of the bailed-out Bank of America and putting it into union-owned

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For players, Penn State penalties may be a good thing

August 14, 2012 Arthur Lieber Corporations, Courts, Sports Leave a comment

Everything about Jerry Sandusky’s abuses at Penn State University are disgusting. and in many ways, it’s difficult to think of any penalty that’s too

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Bill Mckibben: “Global warming’s terrifying new math”

August 7, 2012 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Energy, Environment, Government One comment

If you want to know where we stand with global warming, read Bill McKibben’s groundbreaking new piece in Rolling Stone, “Global Warming’s Terryifying New

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We should do business like Norway

July 18, 2012 Bobbi Clemons Business, Corporations, Foreign Policy, International 2 comments

If you had $600 billion to invest in various businesses, how would you do it? Would you only invest in companies that provided a

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Obama calls for tax fairness

July 11, 2012 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Economy, Taxes Leave a comment

On Monday, July 9, President Obama urged Congress to extend the Bush tax cuts for those who make under $250,000 for one year and

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Russ Feingold: Supreme Court is arm of corporate America

July 10, 2012 Madonna Gauding Campaigns, Corporations, Courts, Health care Leave a comment

What they have clearly become is a partisan arm of corporate America. This is a real serious problem for our democracy. It’s essentially a

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HEIST: Who Stole the American Dream?

July 4, 2012 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Courts, Economy, Financial reform, Labor and unions, Politics, Poverty 2 comments

The new award-winning documentary “HEIST: Who Stole the American Dream?” traces the origins of the worldwide economic collapse of 2008 to a series of

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Republican logic fail

July 3, 2012 Stacy Mergenthal Campaigns, Charity & Justice, Consumer issues, Corporations, Economy, Employment, Government, Taxes Leave a comment

Something I don’t understand about GOP logic, if it can be called that, is the idea that public workers are just a useless drain

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When casino gambling hits the race track: Who wins, who loses?

June 20, 2012 Arthur Lieber Consumer issues, Corporations, Crime/Violence, Economy, Missouri region, States Leave a comment

Dr. Martin Luther King said more than once, “Laws cannot change the hearts of humans, but they can change their habits.” He probably did

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Democrats are nicer than Republicans, or are they?

June 8, 2012 Arthur Lieber Business, Campaigns, Corporations, Economy, Financial reform, Government, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Conventional wisdom is that Democrats are more pleasant individuals than Republicans. In numerous ways, it’s clear and obvious that this adage is true. When

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