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Chris Kirkham

Auction 2012: For-Profit Colleges Triumph With Weaker Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 02.03.2012

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Auction 2012 is a weeklong series in collaboration with "The Dylan Ratigan Show" and United Republic. As the Great Recession propelled millions int...

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Deficit Commissioners Prefer to Give Our Troops Unsafe Food Than Reform Defense Spending

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Elk

As we look at how to cut our deficit, we should be looking at reforming defense spending practices with poor oversight that endanger the security of our troops, not cutting Social Security which is vital to everyone's economic security.

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Zooming In On the Year's Biggest Hoax

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Scheer

If only we could get one of the banking lobbyists or a Goldman Sachs executive to float away in a duct-taped flying saucer balloon, Wolf Blitzer and the rest of cable news might cover the real hoax.

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Sam Stein

Gephardt: The Public Option Is "Not Essential," Trigger Could Work

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an appearance likely to spark groans and criticism from within his own party, former House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt said on Thursday that a pu...

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Rahm Emanuel's Think Tankers Enforce 'Message Discipline' Among 'Liberals'

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeremy Scahill

Independent journalists have tried to shine a spotlight on how groups like the Center for American Progress and MoveOn are now supporting the continuation of wars because their guy is now commander-in-chief.

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