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For The Jobless, Cold Comfort In “Improving” Economy

By Lila Shapiro HUFFINGTON POST New York — This week, the economy flashed multiple signs of improvement, from encouragingly brisk expansion on the factory floor to a slowdown in layoffs. Yet for the 15 million Americans still officially without work, … Continue reading

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Most Americans Say Tax The Rich To Balance The Budget: Poll

REUTERS Most Americans think the United States should raise taxes for the rich to balance the budget, according to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll released on Monday. President Barack Obama last month signed into law a two-year extension of Bush-era … Continue reading

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Post Ethics

KAPLAN TARNISHES WASHINGTON POST LEGACY By Peter S. Goodman The Huffington Post Nearly four decades ago, the Washington Post found itself faced with the sort of agonizing decision that can define a reputation. The New York Times had begun printing … Continue reading

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Trends in Income Inequality: The Endgame Is Extreme Civil Unrest

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Fraud at Washington Post Inc.

At Kaplan University ‘Guerilla Registration’ Leaves Students Deep In Debt By Chris Kirkham HUFFINGTON POST Arlen Castillo had just begun an online associate’s degree program at Kaplan University when a family emergency forced a change of plans. Her mother in … Continue reading

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The Day of Reckoning Is Here

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Amendment Would Enable States to Repeal Federal Law

By Kate Zernike THE NEW YORK TIMES The same people driving the lawsuits that seek to dismantle the Obama administration’s health care overhaul have set their sights on an even bigger target: a constitutional amendment that would allow a vote … Continue reading

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Banning Big Wall Street Bonuses Favored By 70 Percent of Americans in National Poll

By Catherine Dodge BLOOMBERG More than 70 percent of Americans say big bonuses should be banned this year at Wall Street firms that took taxpayer bailouts, a Bloomberg National Poll shows. An additional one in six favors slapping a 50 … Continue reading

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Wall Street Set for Best Two Years Ever, Thanks To Bailout

William Alden THE HUFFINGTON POST Two agonizing years for the U.S. economy have been some of the best years on record for Wall Street. After first receiving billions in taxpayer aid, and now ultracheap funding from the Federal Reserve, Wall … Continue reading

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