It's the Inequality, Stupid
By Dave Gilson and Carolyn Perot
Eleven charts that explain what's wrong with America.
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- Foreign Policy Cheerleading Masquerades as AnalysisHaroon Siddiqui The dictates of journalism can often run counter to the requirements of informed judgment, especially on some of the most nettlesome issues...
- The Nato Summit Template for Policing the 'Other Chicago'Chicago is bracing itself for the upcoming summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) this weekend. An unprecedented convergence of...
- The Commencement Address That Won’t Be GivenRobert Reich Members of the Class of 2012, As a former secretary of labor and current professor, I feel I owe it to you...
- The Police, the iPhone and Your Right to RecordTim Karr World Press Freedom Day came and went earlier this month. While it’s important to take a day to recognize...
- Mitt the Barber and the ChurchChristopher Brauchli A great devotee of the Gospel of Getting On. —G.B. Shaw, Mrs. Warren’s Professionread more
- A Little Help for the Long-Term Unemployed?Greg Kaufmann There are 12.5 million unemployed people still seeking work in the United States, and over 5 million of them have been...
- National Nurses United: Still We MarchJake Olzen The past couple of weeks have been something of a roller-coaster for National Nurses United and it all culminates today with the...
- Medical Students Embrace Medicare for AllIf you ever want to rekindle your hope for American medicine, spend time with medical students. These bright, energetic minds are going into medicine...
- Civics 101: Cutting Defense Means Not Voting for $642.5 Billion for US MilitarySome readers probably heard on the news how the Democrats were hopping mad when the House Republicans...
- Repsol Sues Argentina for $10 Billion Over YPF NationalizationRepsol, a multinational based in Spain, has brought a class action lawsuit in New York courts against the Argentine government for...
- Foreign Policy Cheerleading Masquerades as Analysis
- U.S. Secret Drug War in Honduras: Botched DEA Raid Leaves 2 Pregnant Women, 2 Men DeadThe U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has confirmed its agents were on board a U.S.-owned...
- All-White Jury Acquits Houston Ex-Police Officer in Videotaped Beating of Black Teen Chad HolleyHundreds of people rallied in Houston on Thursday to protest the acquittal of a former police...
- "The Worst Racial Profiling Program in the Country": NAACP President on NYPD Stop-and-Frisk ProgramA federal judge has granted class action status to a lawsuit opposing the New York City...
- Ben Jealous: "Heartbreaking" Trayvon Tapes Capture Experience of Millions Racially Profiled in U.S.Benjamin Jealous, the president and CEO of the NAACP, joins us to react to the new audio...
- "I Know He Was Scared": Trayvon Martin's Girlfriend Recounts Phone Call Right Before Fatal ShootingFlorida prosecutors have released a trove of documents, photographs and audio recordings revealing new details...
- Occupy G8: Peoples' Summit Confronts World Leaders at Camp David, Urging Action on Poverty, HungerWorld leaders are convening at the heavily guarded Camp David in Maryland today for the...
- Headlines for May 18, 2012Documents Reveal New Details in Trayvon Martin Killing, Hundreds Protest Acquittal of Houston Ex-Cop in Assault of Black Teenager, Envoy Tells Israel U.S. Ready for...
- Paul Krugman: Debt Commission Chair Alan Simpson Is Wrong To Call For Greater Austerity, Budget CutsEarlier this week, former Sen. Alan Simpson, who co-chaired President Obama's Bipartisan Deficit Commission,...
- Paul Krugman on Eurozone: "The Whole Thing Could Fall Apart in a Matter of Months"The European economic crisis is expected to top the agenda at the G8 meeting tomorrow...
- Krugman: Jamie Dimon Should Resign Over JPMorgan's $3B Lost Bet and Campaign Against Financial RegsAs the financial giant JPMorgan Chase continues to suffer major losses on its risky derivatives...
- U.S. Secret Drug War in Honduras: Botched DEA Raid Leaves 2 Pregnant Women, 2 Men Dead
- The Commencement Address That Won’t Be GivenMembers of the Class of 2012,
- Yes, We Can Walk and Chew GumOne of the most overused metaphors in a writer's arsenal is the one about "walking and chewing gum at the same time." As...
- How To Fix the DeficitThe public is demanding jobs, jobs, jobs so DC's wizards and geniuses are gathered at a "Fiscal Summit" -- put on by a hedge-fund billionaire...
- Fox News Finds Another Poll to Distort -- its OwnFox News is attempting to downplay and discredit its own poll, which found that if the election were held today,...
- New French President: My Real Enemy is the World of FinanceWhite-collar criminologist and former senior financial regulator William Black addresses the grassroots reaction to austerity measures in Europe --...
- Feds Punt on Leadership Over Fracking Rules, Experts SayNearly two years after Wyoming became the first state to regulate high-volume hydraulic fracturing, the federal government is finally taking similar...
- Fox News Finds Another Poll to Distort -- its OwnFox News is attempting to downplay and discredit its own poll, which found that if the election were held today,...
- Protestors Demand Robin Hood Tax on Financial TransactionsThe march is part of the Robin Hood Tax global week of action taking place from May 18 to May 22 in...
- New French President: My Real Enemy is the World of FinanceWhite-collar criminologist and former senior financial regulator William Black addresses the grassroots reaction to austerity measures in Europe --...
- Five Lessons in Human Goodness from “The Hunger Games”In the dystopian future world of The Hunger Games, 24 teenagers are forced to fight to the death, their battle turned into...
- The Commencement Address That Won’t Be Given
