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A Populace Pink Slimed

By Leo Gerard | April 3, 2012

A trio of governors and a duo of lieutenant governors last week dined on pink slime burgers and pronounced them mouth-wateringly-delicious-and-nutritious as TV cameras rolled on their barbeque in a Nebraska factory that manufactures the stuff. Shoppers have reacted somewhat d Read Post



The Looting of Detroit
 Richard Eskow
06/19/13

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Nearly 100 years ago two young Detroit girls visited a now-vanished island park that had a dance pavilion, amusement rides, and swimming, and wrote that they were “having fun” on a piece of…



25,000 Sign Declaration Calling For A New Direction In Education Policy
 Jeff Bryant
06/19/13

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As a populist wave of discontent with top-down education mandates continues to sweep the country, more than 25,000 concerned citizens have coalesced behind an Education Declaration to Rebuild…



Reformed to Death: More On the Catastrophic Success of Welfare Reform
 Terrance Heath
06/19/13

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When Paul Ryan first introduced his first “Path to Prosperity” budget proposal, he framed it as an attempt to build upon the “successful” welfare reform of the late 1990s.…



Krugman Discovers Intellectual Property: The 1 Percent Are the Takers
 Dean Baker
06/19/13

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While meandering the streets of Paris, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman apparently awakened to the fact that the assignment of claims to wealth through patents, copyrights, and other forms…



Time Is Running Out To Stop Student Loan Rate Hikes
 Jane Yurechko
06/18/13

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The clock is ticking on student loan interest rates. The rates for federally-backed student Stafford loans will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1. And what has Congress done to…