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Happy Graduation! Here’s The Best, Most Depressing Journalism on Student Debt
by Blair Hickman
Outstanding student loans now top $1 trillion, more than the nation's credit-card debt. We rounded up some of the best explanatory and accountability journalism on student debt.
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The Path to Progress: Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Keith Ellison launched a new piece of legislation that would repeal $113 billion of tax-breaks, handouts, and subsidies for the fossil fuel industry over the next 10 years.
Currently, the fossil fuel...
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'An Economy for the 99%': People's G8 Demands 'Robin Hood Tax'
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Thousands of protesters are in Chicago today for a "People's G8" in a call led by National Nurses United (NNU) to demand an economy for the 99% and heal the "financial traumas faced...
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NATO Kicks off With Harassment of Protesters, Ominous Warnings to Press
The Chicago police wasted no time harassing protesters Wednesday evening when they raided a Bridgeport apartment complex without a valid warrant and detained up to nine people without cause. The individuals have been identified as NATO activists,...
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Donations to Scott Walker Flagged as Potential Fraud
by Kim Barker
When MaryAnn Nellis tried to pay for groceries on April 14, her credit card was declined. Later, she said, she found out why: Her credit card company, Capital One, had flagged an earlier purchase as...
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How the Neocons Are Distorting History to Pave the Way for War with Iran
Neoconservatives like Charles Krauthammer are promoting the misleading Israeli narrative of the 1967 war in their efforts to sell an attack on Iran.
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Quebec Moves to Quash Student Protests With Harsh Fines
Quebec is looking to end three months of student protests against rising tuition fees by introducing emergency legislation that would temporarily close some universities and fine the pants off of picketers blocking students and faculty from entering...
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Karl Rove’s Secret Money Crossroads GPS Attacks Bob Kerrey For Supporting Bush’s Bank Bailout
In late 2008, as the nation’s entire financial system stood on the verge of collapse, Democrats and Republicans came together to pass the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. President George W. Bush signed the bill, bailing out Wall Street...
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Why We Cry: The Fascinating Psychology of Emotional Release
Knowing how our nervous systems work can help guide what we do—and don’t do—when people burst into tears.
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Chris Hedges on the NDAA Injunction
Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges, a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the U.S. government over a provision in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act that could enable the indefinite detention of American citizens, spoke with “Democracy Now!”...
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Facebook IPO: An Anatomy of Wall Street Overreach
Before trading, Facebook's bankers were ready to count their profits in billions. By close, they'd had to bail out their own IPO.
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The Magnetar Fallout
By Cora Currier, ProPublica The hedge fund Magnetar helped create billions of dollars’ worth of collateralized debt obligations that super-charged the financial meltdown, profited the company enormously and for which it’s seen no punishment....
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House Committee Slashes International Family Planning
The GOP Controlled House Appropriations Committee expanded the war on women globally yesterday. The committee slashed international family planning funding by $149 million, or 25%, reinstated the Global Gag Rule, and banned all US funding to the...
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House Passes Bloated Defense Authorization Bill Despite Veto Threat
The House has passed this year's defense authorization bill which departs from last year's debt limit deal by adding $8 billion above spending targets set for the military, and by replacing the defense side of the automatic "trigger" cuts with cuts...
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Another dazzling display of Romnesia: Mitch Daniels says we're in 'peacetime'
As you watch this or read the transcript, keep in mind that from 2001 to 2003—during which time the Bush administration launched two wars, one of which we are fighting to this day, and two rounds of tax cuts for the wealthy—Indiana Governor...
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The optional state of Israel
Aside from its incompatibility with genuine democracy, one of the problems with the idea of a Jewish state is that it invests too heavily in the choice of its citizens. As much as virtually every state is able to drum up a certain amount of...
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Where the Campaign Ad Money Is Going
Campaigns will often talk a good game about expanding the map and how they can win a state that doesn't look like a good prospect, but if you really want to know what states each side thinks the election will hinge on check to see if they put their...
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Teacher Who Wrote Anti-Gay Comments On Facebook Considers Retiring To Avoid Penalties
New Jersey special education teacher Viki Knox should have been in tenure proceedings this week over comments she put on her Facebook profile that said homosexuality is a “perverted sin” that “breeds like cancer.” Instead, the Newark...
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Within 30 Minutes Conservative Activists Shut Down Talk of Keeping Parts of Obamacare
I've been on quite a few listservs in my career, including ones that were supposed to wield supreme influence. But I can assure you that I've never been involved with any listserv as effective as this. Basically, within 30 minutes of a story in...
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Rep. Lankford Reiterates Opposition To ‘Special Protections’ For ‘Certain Sexual Behaviors’
Last week, Rep. James Lankford (R-OK) told ThinkProgress that he opposes LGBT nondiscrimination protections, like those that would be afforded by the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, because he believes it should be legal to fire people for their...
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