It’s not just the much-vaunted Bush tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of 2012. Federal emergency unemployment benefits are also
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O’Donnell calls Des Moines Register’s Romney endorsement “magical thinking”
In 2008, the Des Moines Register endorsed then Senator Barack Obama for president over Senator John McCain. For largely inexplicable reasons, this year the
LA Times, Colin Powell enthusiastically endorse President Obama
Many of this year’s endorsements of Barack Obama for president are laced with caveats, but the tone of the Los Angeles Times and General
CEO tells employees: Defeat Obama or lose your job
David Siegel, CEO of Florida’s Westgate Resorts, to employees: “I will cut off your nose to spite Obama’s face because I got mine. If
Clinton remembers poor as well as middle class
The official poverty rate for the United States in 2010 was 15.1 percent. There were 46.2 million individuals who were poor, defined as a
Romney to export Illinois jobs on Election Day
Mitt Romney’s campaign has come under fire for a number of gaffes recently, but one action by the company he cofounded, Bain Capital, is
What does it really mean to be a worker?
As Paul Krugman reports in the September 21 issue of the New York Times, Mitt Romney seems to have a very different interpretation of
Dear 20-something: Think about the issues, then vote!
How important is it that young people go to the polls and vote? If you’re an Obama supporter as I am it’s crucial. Look
Romney says what he really thinks about poor people
Mother Jones’ David Corn has unearthed a video–apparently taped secretly at a Romney fundraiser–in which Romney talks candidly to his donors about the 47
Chicago teachers’ strike: It takes a generation to change schools
The teachers’ strike in Chicago requires immediate action. Regrettably, there are no simple answers. Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to reduce the agreed-upon pay increase