Matthew Palevsky

No Impact Project Week: Participate With Huffington Post October 18th

Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: No Impact Challenge, Colin Beavan, No Impact Week, No Impact Man, Huffington Post No Impact Project, HuffPost No Impact Week, Matthew Palevsky, HuffPost Green No Impact Project, No Impact Experiment, No Impact Project, No Impact Week Eyes and Ears, Green News
Katherine Goldstein

This week will give people the opportunity to examine and reduce their ecological footprint by taking part in a short and intense period of conscious consumption supported by local and online communities.

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Must Reads: Best Health Care Reporting This Week

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baucus Bill, Public Option, Newstrust, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Health Care, Matthew Palevsky, Blog Health Care Reform, Best Health Care, Politics News
Matthew Palevsky

In order to bring you the most thoroughly reported stories about health care reform, the Huffington Post has teamed up with NewsTrust for a week long Health Care News Hunt.

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Matthew Palevsky

Health Care Horror Story: Medical Specialist Faces Crippling Medical Bills, Loses House

HuffingtonPost.com | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Meltdown, Bank of America, Mortgage Crisis, Financial Crisis, Bearing Witness, Health Care, Health Insurance Horror Stories, Recession, Medical Bills Foreclosures, Health Care Horror Stories, Matthew Palevsky, Politics News

This story is part of the Huffington Post's effort to bear witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans. When F...

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Matthew Palevsky

Mortgage Vultures Dupe Cash-Strapped Homeowners

HuffingtonPost.com | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Subprime Mortgages, White Collar Crime, 2nd Chance, Zombeck, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Vultures, Mortgage Fraud, Ee, 2nd Chance Legal Servies, Matt Palevsky, Superior Properties, Chris Mesunas, Mike Garcia, Matthew Palevsky, Politics News

Capitalizing on the collapse of the housing market, a Fair Oaks, California company claimed to provide loan modification services while siphoning mone...

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Top 7 Recession Indicators According To HuffPosters (SLIDESHOW)

HuffPost's Eyes & Ears | Matthew Palevsky/Stephanie Harnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepoll, Hard Times, Divorce, Recession Indicators, Starbucks, Slideshow, Cell Phones, Econoimc Indicators, Recession, Stephanie Harnett, Matthew Palevsky, Business News

Last week HuffPost featured its "Top Ten Unconventional Indicators Of The Recession," such as sales in men's underwear and movie rentals. We asked yo...

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Matthew Palevsky

"Obama The Anus Of America": Conservatives Riled Up By Health Care Reform Gather Along Bus Tour (PHOTOS)

HuffingtonPost.com | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party Protests, Town Hall, Health Acre Reform, Barack Obama, Slideshow, Hands Off My Health Care, Americans for Prosperity, Colorado Springs, Tea Party Patriots, Citizen Journalism, Eyes and Ears, Matthew Palevsky, Obama Health Care Initiative, Obama Healthcare Reform, Anus, Proposed Health Care Reform, Politics News

Two "Hands Off My Health Care" buses have been making their way across the country as the central organizational tools for the conservative group Amer...

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Homeowners Get Help in DC, But Not From Government

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fdic, Freddie Mac, Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, Paulson, Matthew Palevsky, Mortgage Crisis, Homeowners, The Real News, Fannie May, Housing Crisis, Home News
Matthew Palevsky

2008-07-24-forclosure.jpg This week thousands of homeowners lined sixtieth street, 3 blocks from the White House, waiting for help to lower their mortgage rates.

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Strategery: Bush Attacks Obama and Weakens America

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pepe Escobar, Democratic Primary, Middle East, Comfort of Appeasement, Senator Biden, Matthew Palevsky, Nancy Pelosi, Iran, Obama, Election 2008, Israel, President Bush, The Real News, Home News
Matthew Palevsky

Instead of focusing on the ethics of mudslinging, more should follow Biden's lead and address the potentially dire ramifications of Thursday's reckless hubris.

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Heartbreak: Firm Offering People "Second Chance" Mortgage Help Accused Of Fraud

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Second Chance, 2nd Chance, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Superior Properties, Real Estate Fraud, 2nd Chance Legal Services, Dispatches From the Displaced, Second Chance Mortgage, Housing Crisis, Matthew Palevsky, Politics News

For homeowners suffering during the economic meltdown, 2nd Chance Legal Services may have appeared like a dream. Pitching itself as a consulting fi...

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Matthew Palevsky

World's Top Economists Agree: The Global Recession Will Continue

HuffingtonPost.com | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Soros, Economic Stimulus Package, Nouriel Roubini, Soros, PEN Festival, Krugman, Paul Krugman, Robin Wells, New York Review of Books, Bill Bradley, Citigroup, Matthew Palevsky, Top Economists, Business News

NEW YORK -- "As you might have realized by now, we're in a difficult situation," said billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros to a sold-o...

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Hungry, Hungry Huckabee

Matthew Palevsky and Bess Kalb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iowa Caucuses, Iowa, Huffiowa, Mitt Romney Chuck Norris, Romney Chuck Norris, Mike Huckabee Chuck Norris, Huckabee Chuck Norris, Matthew Palevsky, Home News
Matthew Palevsky and Bess Kalb

Chuck Norris won't roundhouse kick Mitt Romney in the face. Instead, he explained to a room of bloggers at a Mike Huckabee Q&A event at the Des Moines Marriot, he's "gonna choke 'im."

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Fannie and Freddie Symptoms of Larger Problem

The Real News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Reserve, Fannie Mae, Ron Blackwell, Shareholders, Subprime Mortgages, Freddie Mac, The Real News, Matt Palevsky, Economy, Matthew Palevsky, Business News
The Real News

Chief economist at the AFL-CIO Ron Blackwell believes that while bailing out Fannie and Freddie is important, politicians shouldn't lose sight of the broader economic crisis.

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Arianna Huffington on the Media, McCain, and Obama

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama, Right Is Wrong, Matthew Palevsky, News Media, Election 2008, The Real News, Mccain Voting Scandal, Obama Foreign Policy, Arianna Huffington, John McCain, Democratic Convention, Politics News
Matthew Palevsky

2008-06-15-ahuff2.jpg Last week I interviewed Arianna Huffington on two central topics in Right is Wrong. I couldn't help getting her candid opinion on Barack Obama as well.

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Fear of Islam Hurts Obama in Kentucky

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Bradley Effect, Democratic Primary, Politico, Barack Obama, Matthew Palevsky, Kentucky, Racism, Rumors, Election 2008, The Real News, Politics News
Matthew Palevsky

One might have thought that the Wright scandal would have extinguished Obama's rumored connection to Islam. Instead, it has only strengthened the spurious claims about his faith.

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Did Petraeus Part Ways With The Neocons?

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Committee on the Present Danger, Iran, Lieberman, Bomb Iran, Senator McCain, Mccain, Petraeus, Senator Lieberman, The Real News, Crocker, Matthew Palevsky, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Iraq, Real News, Politics News
Matthew Palevsky

Those who expected General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker to beat the drums of war during this week's Senate hearings must be disappointed. Joe Lieberman certainly was.

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McSame As Bush: McCain's Road To Iran

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wmd, Therealnews, Real News, Bush, Al Qaeda, Matthew Palevsky, Sunni, Mccain, Iran, Shia, The Real News, Iraq, Home News
Matthew Palevsky

McCain's "straight talk" on the wages of war and Iran has the irony of a recovering alcoholic doing Johnny Walker ads.

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Biden Stripped of Caucus Delegates: What the Faucus?

Matthew Palevsky and Bess Kalb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stolen Election, Caucus, Obama, Clinton, Biden, Iowa, Bess Kalb, Matthew Palevsky, Home News
Matthew Palevsky and Bess Kalb

The Precinct Secretary counted Biden's corner as 69 strong--one person short. A woman in a red coat had wandered into a crowd of Edwards supporters and now headed back to the Biden circle. "Times up!" yelled the Secretary.

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