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Tom Perriello To Head Center For American Progress Advocacy Arm

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Former Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) a beloved progressive whom activists and party officials had pushed to consider a gubernatorial run in...

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Modern Monetary Theory: The Last Progressive Left Standing

Warren Mosler | Posted 08.13.2011

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The headline progressives are in full retreat. They have found out the hard way that their bleeding heart pleadings -- 'yes, the financial markets might destroy us, but how can we cut this or that worthy cause' -- don't cut it.

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Selling Your Business? 3 Tips for Entrepreneurs

Scott Edward Walker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Selling a business can be a very difficult and emotional experience, particularly for first-time entrepreneurs. I thought it would be helpful to share three tips in connection with selling your business.

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Finding the Most Powerful Levers for Fixing Struggling Schools

Conor Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fortunately, the report is not as platitudinous as it seemed as first blush. Behind each of these not-too-promising headers, Baroody has more useful recommendations.

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Liberal Think Tank Parrots Bank Lobby

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

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The following is produced in partnership with The Dylan Ratigan Show's weeklong "No Way To Live" series on the financial crisis and its impact on ordi...

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BP Oil Spill Causes Huge Drop In Value, But Company Will Likely Survive

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — BP is probably sturdy enough to survive the worst oil spill in U.S. history. But investors are shaving billions of dollars off its va...

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BP Oil Spill: Containment Cap To Be Replaced Next Month

Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS (AP)- As officials reported a gradual increase in the amount of oil being captured from a spewing wellhead at the bottom of the Gulf of Me...

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Weekly Mulch: Why the Senate Climate Bill is Doomed

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), though down one man, finally released their stab at cl...

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John Podesta: American Politics 'Sucks'

Posted 05.25.2011

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John Podesta, former Clinton chief of staff and leader of Obama's transition team, thinks American politics are in a sad state. Actually, he thinks it...

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Obama Allies Struggle To Defend Spending Freeze

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some of President Obama's strongest allies in the labor world and the Democratic community struggled on Tuesday to defend his plan to implement a thre...

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Too Big To Fire? 92% Of Managers At Top Bailout Recipients Are Still In Same Jobs

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Among the various prescriptions to fix the financial markets, the calls for regime change in the management ranks of bailed-out institutions have been...

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Interchangeable Quagmires:

newshoggers.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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It seems to me that you could make a case for all they said to be applicable to Afghanistan too, though. Yet again we have a multi-factional and viole...

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A Big Breakthrough on Green Jobs

Billy Parish | Posted 05.25.2011

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The New York State Senate and Assembly rose above petty politics last week to pass legislation on climate and energy, setting a precedent for bipartisanship and a sensible cap and trade system.

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Kerry And Boxer Challenge Palin To Debate

The Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Road Map For Repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Center for American Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

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Then-Senator Barack Obama pledged during the 2008 presidential campaign that he would work with military leaders and Congress to repeal the law that b...

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Obama and The State Secrets Smackdown

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama has drawn praise for transparency reforms during his first 100 days in office, but his use of the "state secrets" privilege to squash lawsuits on torture and surveillance is drawing mounting opposition.

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