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Citizens’ Commission plan can change deficit debate – thank goodness!
December 2, 2010Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize-winning economist, and the Citizens' Commission on Jobs, Deficits And America's Future, presented a plan that focuses on what's needed: jobs.
Read moreMichigan city on verge of bankruptcy
December 2, 2010The city of Hamtramck, Mich., is $3 million in debt and will run out of money by the end of January. It has sought permission from the state to file for bankruptcy, a move never before...
Read moreSupreme Court hears case for Calif. prisoners’ rights
December 1, 2010The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Nov. 30 in the long legal battle over the rights of California prison inmates to decent health care.
Read moreGOP blocks jobless aid, vows to kill all Dem-backed bills
December 1, 2010Millions of Americans are almost certain to lose their unemployment checks this month after Congress failed to extend benefits by the Nov. 30 deadline.
Read more16 arrested in DREAM Act sit-in
December 1, 2010Protestors staging a sti-in at a Texas senator's office were arrested and held for hours.
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