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Declaring America in Default on Promissory Note: LGBT Rights

Bill Donius | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Bill Donius

America is in default because my friend was nearly beaten to death in the 1990s, because of DADT, and because many in this country are afraid to be who they are at work for fear of being terminated.

Economic Recovery? History Says No Way. Not Yet.

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 10.24.2009 | Business


Eric Schurenberg

Both the boom and its panicky finale fit neatly into a long, human tradition of greed, self-deception and financial folly. We're human. We can't help it. Sigh.

The US Dollar: Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!

Marshall Auerback | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business


Marshall Auerback

It seems there isn't a day that goes by without more commentary on the demise of the dollar and the concomitant risk of a collapse of the world's reserve currency.

Bank of America Trailing Behind Other Banks In Mortgage Relief

Washington Post | Renae Merle | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business


Bank of America employees are reminded every day of how far they still have to go. Just outside the elevators of their vast third-floor command center...

Bank Of America Won't Hike Card Rates

Washington Post | Nancy Trejos | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business


Bank of America said it will not raise credit card interest rates before February, when a law restricting industry practices takes effect, unless a ca...

Mortgage Re-Default Rates. Be Scared. Be Very Scared.

Peter Schwartz | Posted 01.08.2009 | Business


Peter Schwartz

Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan spoke before the 3rd Annual National Housing Forum of the Treasury's Office of Thrift Supervision today. He ...

Recession: We're All in This Together

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 01.03.2009 | Living


Olivia Rosewood

My circle of friends used to be all about playdates and family barbecues. Now our conversations inevitably turn survival: Chapter 13, employment, foreclosures, how to make your lender listen.

Congress Bails out Those Who Shower Before Work, but not Those who Shower After Work

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

Detroit is a place where workers are unionized; Wall Street is not. And right-wing Republicans and conservative pundits have made it clear they want the union workers to suffer.