By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN -New York Times.
There is only one good thing about the fact that Osama bin Laden survived for nearly 10 years after the mass murder at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that he organized. … Read more »
By JUSTIN GILLIS and CELIA W. DUGGER – The New York Times.
The population of the world, long expected to stabilize just above 9 billion in the middle of the century, will instead keep growing and may hit 10.1 billion … Read more »
Gov. Mitch Daniels says he’ll sign a bill cutting funding for Planned Parenthood, which could help his presidential hopes and pose problems for the Obama administration.
By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau
Reporting from Washington
Opening a new front in … Read more »
The Progress Report.
While Americans are continually struggling to manage their financial burdens, one group is celebrating rising gas prices: Big Oil. In the last few months, oil companies have raked in massive profits from the pump and reinvested that … Read more »
By Paul Krugman – New York Times.
Last month more than 14 million Americans were unemployed by the official definition — that is, seeking work but unable to find it. Millions more were stuck in part-time work because they couldn’t … Read more »
RobertReich.org
Exxon-Mobil’s first quarter earnings of $10.7 billion are up 69 percent from last year. That’s the most profit the company has earned since the third quarter of 2008 — perhaps not coincidentally, around the time when gas prices last … Read more »
By Richard Eskow – OurFuture.org
Must Read: An Economy for All
Suddenly Washington is filled with proposals for ‘debt triggers,’ policy devices that would force spending cuts if arbitrary targets aren’t met in the future. Everybody’s either got one or … Read more »
By Dave Johnson – OurFuture.org
There is a deficit of jobs AND the deficit is jobs. The public is so much smarter than the geniuses in DC [1]. Washington talks about the deficit but the public knows that the deficit … Read more »
By Ruth Gadebusch – LiberalOpinion.com
What is it about female reproductive organs that blots the rest of the body from the sight of members of Congress? There is a whole body just as with men.
We are yet to see … Read more »
By Nicholas D. Kristof – The New York Times.
When we hear about human trafficking in India or Cambodia, our hearts melt. The victim has sometimes been kidnapped and imprisoned, even caged, in a way that conjures our images of … Read more »
