State of the Union 2012

Two-Party Economic Betrayal of the Working Class: The Need for a Grassroots Progressive Campaign

Michele Swenson | Posted 04.05.2012

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Election year choices are increasingly disconnected from most people's lives, controlled by the Democratic-Republican duopoly in thrall to corporate megabucks that buy off government, and covered by corporate media like a horse race.

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The Clean Energy Election

Carl Pope | Posted 04.18.2012

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House Republicans passed a bill taking permit authority over the Keystone Pipeline away from the President and giving it to Congress -- you can just imagine how President Bush would have reacted to a similar move by Congressional Democrats on his watch!

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Debt Ceiling Showdown 2: Coming This Fall, In Time For The Election, Only Worse

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 02.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Last year's torturous congressional debate over raising the federal debt ceiling eventually resulted in a deal that President Barack Oba...

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Tax Breaks for Manufacturing? Do We Need Them?

Ebong Eka | Posted 04.09.2012

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A tax break that rewards American small businesses for staying at home is a tax break that matters! Now if we can only get past the rhetoric and back to the economy!

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Obama's Call to Action: Political Theatrics or Authentic School Reform?

Laura McNeal | Posted 04.07.2012

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Obama's proposal sends an important message to youths and their families: "You are no longer invisible. We see you, we invest in you and we expect you to contribute in a positive way to yourself and to your future."

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Securing Equal Pay? There (Should Be) an App for That!

Valerie Jarrett | Posted 04.07.2012

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Right now, if you're a woman in the workforce, it can be surprisingly difficult to answer basic questions about equal pay: what's the typical salary for someone in your position? Should you be asking for more at the negotiating table? What are your fundamental legal rights?

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The Peril of Idolizing Our Military

William Astore | Posted 04.05.2012

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As a retired veteran, such pro-military rhetoric in the president's state of the union address resonates with me, but as a student of history it makes me more than uncomfortable.

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Pennsylvania Teacher Working For Free Gets Surprise On Ellen Degeneres Show

Posted 04.03.2012

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Teachers from the troubled Chester Upland School District in Pennsylvania made the news when they opted to continue teaching for free, after the distr...

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WATCH: Student Journalist Investigates High School Dropout Crisis

| Posted 01.31.2012

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"I'm dropping out" are words spoken by roughly a quarter of American high school students. Every nine seconds, an American high school student beco...

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Obama's State of the Union Speech: Enhanced By PowerPoint?

Max Atkinson | Posted 03.31.2012

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Obama's a good enough communicator to know that the words in his speeches and the way he delivers them are enough on their own to get his messages across.

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Friday Talking Points -- SOTU Review

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.28.2012

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What is possibly the most striking thing about Obama's message is that he's going to run as a strong foreign policy president -- something that I can't for the life of me remember happening in the past 30 or 40 years.

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A Missed Opportunity

Ken Blackwell | Posted 03.28.2012

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The official Republican response to the president's State of the Union Address was fine -- as far as it went. But Gov. Mitch Daniels missed a golden o...

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It's the Economy, Stupid

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 03.28.2012

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If the president would protect steel, motor vehicles, computers and machine tools like President Reagan did, it would create millions of jobs. President Obama refuses to enforce our trade laws.

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Most Americans Want The Government To Combat Foreclosures: Poll

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.27.2012

With no end in sight to the foreclosure crisis, a majority of Americans are calling on the government to do something about it. Fifty-eight percent...

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Details Emerge of New Financial Fraud Unit

HuffingtonPost.com | Loren Berlin | Posted 03.27.2012

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The new financial crimes unit announced by President Barack Obama during Tuesday's State of the Union address will have the power to investigate mortg...

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Buffett: 'My Side Has Nuclear Bomb' In Tax Code Struggle

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.27.2012

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Warren Buffett has a lot that his assistant Debbie Bosanek does not, including a figurative arsenal to fight for lower taxes. After ABC interview...

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Obama's Green Focus: A Step Toward 2012

Reuters | Posted 03.27.2012

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WASHINGTON - Not long before his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama ventured to a place he'd never been in three well-traveled years a...

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A Step Further in Support of Immigration Reform

Sayu Bhojwani | Posted 03.27.2012

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Millions of young people and their families are buoyed by President Obama's rhetoric, but a slightly reworded message year after year is beginning to ring hollow. Time for more action than words on immigration reform, Mr. President.

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The High Cost of Allowing Health Insurers to Continue Keeping Us in the Dark

Wendell Potter | Posted 03.27.2012

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It might possibly cost the insurance industry $382 million to comply with the Affordable Care Act for the first two years. But the cost of allowing those companies to continue keeping consumers in the dark would be far, far higher, Mr. President.

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It Could Be 'Morning in America' for Obama - But...

Lanny Davis | Posted 03.27.2012

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Despite recent positive political and economic signs and a good State of the Union speech, the president still has a lot to worry about.

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The Power of Owner-Entrepreneurship Education to Restore Our Middle-Class

Steve Mariotti | Posted 03.27.2012

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Most of our national education efforts seek to teach low-income youth to become better workers. Why aren't we also teaching them how to own? If entrepreneurship is the engine of the American economy, why aren't we raising more creative entrepreneurs?

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WATCH: Colbert Reacts To Herman Cain's SOTU Rebuttal

Posted 03.27.2012

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Stephen Colbert watched President Obama's "State of the Union" address Tuesday night, but it wasn't really Mr. "Look at me, I'm President" that he was...

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Strengthening the State of our Union

Rep. David Cicilline | Posted 03.27.2012

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We need to build ladders of opportunity and tear down barriers for Americans who are willing to work hard, be responsible, and play by the rules so everyone can achieve success and fulfill the American dream.

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New Teaching Standards, Coming To A School Near You

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.27.2012

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Amy Bednarz, an English as a second language teacher in a Massachusetts elementary school, is confused. She doesn't know exactly what to teach. For...

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Rep Lawmaker Suggests Carving New State Out Of U.S. Ally Pakistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.25.2012

WASHINGTON -- President Obama is losing the war in Afghanistan to the Taliban, argued Rep. Louie Gohmert after listening to Tuesday's State of the Uni...

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