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600,000 jobs lost: How bad does it have to get for Republicans to act?
February 7, 2009Original source: With today’s unemployment report showing nearly 600,000 jobs lost in January—worsening the U.S. unemployment rate from 7.2 percent to 7.6 percent—will obstructionist Republicans in Congress finally move the economic recovery bill?
Read moreLincoln and Darwin: Bicentennial for two great emancipators
February 6, 2009Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, has been much on our minds recently as Barack Obama moved into the White House. Exactly 200 years after Lincoln’s birth, Obama’s presidency is one fulfillment of the work Lincoln started....
Read moreNot just a few rotten apples
February 6, 2009The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart and other commentators have been having a field day with John Thain. Forced to resign last month as head of Merrill Lynch (recently merged with Bank of America) after word got...
Read moreSeeger—at any age—is sheer inspiration
February 6, 2009Pete Seeger’s “At 89” presents new recordings by the inspirational artist and his personal reflections from a life’s work still in progress. For Seeger fans — and newcomers — it is all that you would expect:...
Read moreBlack History Month book list
February 6, 2009A sampling of suggestions from our readers and staff.
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