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Category Archives: POLICY
The Mortgage Morass
By PAUL KRUGMAN The New York Times American officials used to lecture other countries about their economic failings and tell them that they needed to emulate the U.S. model. The Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, in particular, led … Continue reading
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Banks seize 288,000 homes in third quarter, but challenges await
By ALEX VEIGA, AP Real Estate Writer LOS ANGELES – Lenders seized more U.S. homes this summer than in any three-month stretch since the housing market began to bust in 2006. But many of the foreclosures may be challenged in … Continue reading
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Massive Investigation Into Deceptive Foreclosure Practices
by Shahien Nasiripour Huffington Post Lawyers Peter Ticktin, left, and Josh Bleil, right, are shown with depositions from 150 robo-signers, alleging that the court documents reveal an industry-wide banking scheme to defraud homeowners, in Deerfield Beach, Fla. Tuesday, Oct. 12, … Continue reading
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Fat Race: Last year’s jeans won’t fit? Blame the free market.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING Foreign Policy Along with iPods and Hollywood blockbusters, another American trend is sweeping the world: corpulence. As countries grow wealthier, they’re also growing fatter. In China, the obesity rate is increasing by about 40 percent every … Continue reading
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The Secret Big-Money Takeover of America
By Robert Reich Huffington Post Not only is income and wealth in America more concentrated in fewer hands than it’s been in 80 years, but those hands are buying our democracy as never before — and they’re doing it behind … Continue reading
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Corporate money, the Chamber of Commerce, and Democracy
Campaign Cash: The Independent Fundraising Gold Rush Since ‘Citizens United Ruling’ By Peter H. Stone | October 04, 2010 | The Center for Public Integrity For many powerful GOP operatives and allied fundraisers, the luncheon last April felt like one … Continue reading
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Tagged campaign funding, capitalism, Chamber of Commerce, Citizen's United, corporate money, DEMOCRACY, labor
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More Tales of A Bankrupt Culture: Because of Unpaid Fee, Firefighters Let Home Burn
msnbc.com Firefighters in rural Tennessee let a home burn to the ground last week because the homeowner hadn’t paid a $75 fee. Gene Cranick of Obion County and his family lost all of their possessions in the Sept. 29 fire, … Continue reading
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Tales of A Bankrupt Culture
By DAVID CARR THE NEW YORK TIMES THE TAKEOVER In Chicago on Dec. 20, 2007, Sam Zell discussed his purchase of the Tribune Company. David Hiller of The Los Angeles Times, left; Randy Michaels, a newly appointed corporate chief; and … Continue reading
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FLOW: For Love Of Water
Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century – The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world’s dwindling fresh water supply … Continue reading
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“Guest Workers” and U.S. Unemployment
The Huffington Post OCTOBER 3, 2010 Host, Dan Rather Reports Posted: September 29, 2010 01:36 PM Immigration reform this year is not just dead but rotting, despite the earnest efforts of talking heads on the left to create a buzz … Continue reading
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