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Weekly Diaspora: How Bad U.S.-Latin American Policy Fuels Unauthorized Immigration

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, Cafta, Central American Free Trade Agreement, Cartels, Wells Fargo, Mexico, Free Trade, Obama, Immigration, North American Free Trade Agreement, Chiquita, Nafta, Wachovia, Barack Obama, El Salvador, Immigration Reform, Colorlines, Colombia, New America Media, Panama, In These Times, Inter Press Service, Politics News
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By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Too often, the immigration debate in this country ignores the role U.S. foreign policy plays in fue...

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Weekly Pulse: Paul Ryan's Medicare Swindle

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Gop, Tom Laskawy, Poverty, Hiv, RH Reality Check, Budget, Wic, Mitt Romney, Addiction, Pregnancy, Lynn Paltrow, Opiate, Iowa Independent, Drug, Republican, Tapped, Robert Parry, Aswini Anburajan, Hunger, Lynda Waddington, Insurance, National Advocates for Pregnant Woman, Food, Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Paul Ryan, In These Times, Aids, Grist, Adap, Politics News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Robert Parry in In These Times examines how Paul Ryan's budget test would turn healthcare for the elde...

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Weekly Diaspora: 100 Years After Triangle Fire, Immigrant Workers Still Fighting for Labor Rights

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Triangle Fire, The American Prospect, Florida Independent, Farmers, Colorado Independent, Feet in Two Worlds, Hmong, Working in These Times, Immigration, Arizona, In These Times, Immigrant Workers, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Feet in 2 Worlds, Center for American Progress, Politics News
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By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Last week marked the centennial of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, in which 146 most...

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Weekly Diaspora: Big Business Dictates Immigration Policy--At Workers' Expense

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russell Pearce, Department of Homeland Security, Bracero, Immigration Reform, Colorlines, Campus Progress, Immigration, New America Media, Arizona, Utah, In These Times, Texas Observer, Guest Worker Program, Seiu, Politics News
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By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Arizona's business leaders, frustrated by the deep financial fallout of increasingly radical immigr...

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Weekly Pulse: Vermont Poised to Pass Single-Payer

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Family Planning, RH Reality Check, Model, Vermont, Kermit, Sarah Seltzer, South Dakota, Governor, Alternet, Anorexia, Body Image, Single Payer, Contraception, Fashion, Saul Elbein, In These Times, Waiting Period, Lon Newman, Lauren Else, Abortion, 72 Hours, Family Planning Health Services, Reality Stamp, Shumlin, Texas, Quack, Tapped, Photoshop, Birth Control, Wisconsin, Health, Health Insurance, Alternative Medicine, Rolondo Arafiles, Anti-Choice, Cam, Scott Lemieux, Politics News
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Weekly Pulse: Vermont Poised to Pass Single-PayerBy Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Vermont is poised to abolish most forms of private he...

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Weekly Audit: Hostile Takeover Threat Spurs Concessions from Michigan Unions

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sexism, EARTHA JANE MELZER, Sally Kohn, Chris Hayes, Pension, Union, Detroit, Laura Flanders, YES! MAGAZINES, Jamelle Bouie, Supreme Court, Paul Abowd, Dean Baker, Shock Doctrine, Grittv, EMERGENCY MANAGER, Tapped, Wal-Mart, Wage, American Prospect, In These Times, Scott Lemieux, Michigan Messenger, Discrimination, Michigan, Class Action, JENNY LEE, Police, Farm, Labor, Fire, Politics News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Michigan's new Emergency Manager Law is already forcing major concessions from unions. The law gives t...

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Weekly Diaspora: AZ Lawmakers Try to Ban Undocumented Children from Public School

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Mexican American Studies, In-State Tuition, The American Prospect, Public News Service, La Opinion, Afl-Cio, Connecticut, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, Plyler v. Doe, Immigration, Arizona, Tusd, California, Russell Pearce, Ethnic Studies, Immigration Reform, Education, DREAM Act, Hb 2281, New America Media, In These Times, Senate, Politics News
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by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Arizona lawmakers are considering two bills that would block undocumented immigrants' access to edu...

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Weekly Diaspora: Arizona Pushing Undocumented to Surrounding States

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New America Media, Immigration, Economy, ARIZONA PLUS, Colorlines, Arizona, In These Times, Oklahoma, Campus Progress, Immigration Reform, Utah, Politics News
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By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger A combination of stricter immigration enforcement and reduced economic opportunities in Arizona has...

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Weekly Pulse: #DearJohn, Does Banning Abortion Trump Job Growth?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Law, Delivery, RH Reality Check, Reform, Alternet, Insurance, Affordable Care Act, Cancer, In These Times, Roger Vinson, Medicine, Health Care, Abortion, Human Rights, Women, Florida, Twitter, Rape, Interstate Commerce, #DearJohn, Medicaid, Maternal Health, Terry J. Allen, Amanda Marcotte, Mandate, Tapped, Labor, Profit, Prostate, Health, Urology, Medicare, Sudan, Obstetric Fistula, Scott Lemieux, Kenya, Home News
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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger With millions of Americans out of work, House Republicans are focusing in on real priorities: decimat...

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Weekly Mulch: With D.C. in GOP Hands, Environmentalists Must 'Fight Harder'

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Subsidies, Leadership, Congress, Judy Bonds, Emissions, Jeffrey Leonard, Carbon, Mother Jones, Cap-and-Trade, No Impact Man, Washington, 112th Congress, ORION MAGAZINE, Green Movement, In These Times, MRM, Grist, Energy and Commerce, Colin Beavan, Global Environmental Fund, Janisse Ray, Mountaintop Removal Mining, Washington Monthly, Train Travel, Sustainable Energy, YES! Magazine, Plane Travel, No Impact Week, Subhas Dutta, Robert Hirschfield, India, Fred Upton, Republicans, Senate, Jason Grumet, Green News
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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger For the environmental community, this coming year offers a chance to regroup, rethink and regrow. Two year...

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Weekly Audit: Tax Cuts for the Rich Extended

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Congress, Social Security, Obama, Ui, Republican, Bush, Estate, Colorlines, White House, Tax, Unemployment Insurance, Tax Cut, Bank, Crisis, Payroll, In These Times, Economy, Politics News
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Weekly Audit: Tax Cuts for the Rich ExtendedBy Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium Blogger Congressional Republicans and the White House struck an ...

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Weekly Pulse: Bloomberg Shaking up Soda Pop with Politics

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Randall Terry, New York, Food Stamps, John Boehner, Mike Bloomberg, Texas, Feministing, Solitary Confinement, Choice, Death Row, Mother Jones, Soda, Ms Magazine, In These Times, Operation Rescue, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Pop, Texas Observer, Home News
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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is asking the USDA to approve a pilot program that would preve...

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Weekly Diaspora: The DREAM Act is Back--and So Are the Death Eaters

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Campus Progress, Truthout, DREAM Act, Thanksgiving, Feet in Two Worlds, Immigration, New America Media, Harry Potter, In These Times, Politics News
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Editor's Note: Happy Thanksgiving from the Media Consortium! This week, we aren't stopping The Audit, The Pulse, The Diaspora, or The Mulch, but we ar...

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Weekly Audit: Millions of Americans Could Lose Unemployment Benefits

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fed, Review, House, Paycheck Fairness Act, Charles Ferguson, The Progressive, Movie, Ui, The Nation, Film, Denise DiStephan, Extension, Laura Flanders, Grittv, Unemployment, Matthew Rothschild, Quantitative Easing, Working in These Times, In These Times, David Moberg, Senate, Economy, Dean Baker, Politics News
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Weekly Audit: Millions of Americans Could Lose Unemployment BenefitsEditor's Note: Happy Thanksgiving from the Media Consortium! This week, we aren't ...

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Weekly Diaspora: Immigration Reform Falls to the GOP

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Jan Brewer, Mother Jones, John Boehner, DREAM Act, Sb 1070, New America Media, Immigration, In These Times, The Washington Independent, Alternet, Anti-Immigrant, Politics News
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by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger The precarious fate of comprehensive immigration reform has fallen into the hands of staunch nativi...

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Weekly Audit: Silencing Conservative Deficit Hawks

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suzy Khimm, The Washington Monthly, Deflation, Jobs, The Nation, Citizens United, Deficit Hysteria, Eric Cantor, Alternet, Best Buy, Bush Tax Cuts, Deficit, Steve Benen, Target, William Greider, Mother Jones, Zach Carter, In These Times, David Moberg, Economy, Politics News
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The same conservatives who spent the past year senselessly screaming about the U.S. budget deficit are now demanding an extension of the Bush tax cuts for the rich.

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Weekly Diaspora: Department of Justice Challenges Arizona's SB 1070--What's next?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, Immigrant Rights, The American Prospect, Civil Rights, Immigration, Arizona, Care2, Immigration Reform, Washington Independent, Colorlines, Anti-Immigration, Sb 1070, Department of Justice, New America Media, sb1070, In These Times, Home News
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by Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger On Tuesday, the Department of Justice filed suit against the state of Arizona in an effort to overturn a string...

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Weekly Audit: Congressional Inaction Feeding Unemployment Crisis

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Corn, Margaret Smith, Robert Reich, Pensions, Jobs, The Nation, Unemployment Rate, Alternet, Debt Commission, Layoffs, Deficit, Unemployment, Mother Jones, Melinda Burns, In These Times, Economic Inequality, Stimulus Package, Economy, Business News
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President Barack Obama's economic team was slow to recognize the severity of the jobs crisis, and now seems unable to get Congress to actually do something about it.

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Weekly Mulch: Oil rig sinks, as does Senate climate bill

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cape Cod, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Kevin Drum, Mms, Lieberman, Dod, Carol Browner, Biomass, Oil Spill, Cape Wind, Mother Jones, Disaster, Climate Bill, In These Times, Grist, Texas Observer, Bp, Kerry, Louisiana, Greenhouse Gas, Massachusetts, Texas, Coast Guard, Care2, Wind Farm, Interior Department, Graham, Environment, Oil, Off-Shore Drilling, Working in These Times, Senate, The Washington Independent, Exxon Valdez, Green News
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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Two disasters flared up this week, one environmental, the other political. Off the coast of Louisiana, oil f...

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Weekly Pulse: U.S. Social Forum Tackles Health Issues

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Social Forum, Social Justice, Paul Abowd, Jamelle Bouie, Bayer Aspirin, RH Reality Check, Corporate Toxics Information Project, Exxonmobil, The Climate Desk, Ussf, Michael Ash, Birth Control Pill, The Real News Network, Oil Spill, Mother Jones, Gulf, Sustainability, Kathleen Reeves, Paul Jay, Dr. Donald Berwick, Washtenaw Reds, Healthcare Reform, In These Times, The Washington Independent, Detroit, Politics News
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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Tens of thousands of progressive activists are converging on Detroit this week for the U.S. Social For...

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Weekly Audit: Congress to take up financial reform, but will it be strong enough?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Noam Chomsky, Tbtf, American Forum, Christopher Hayes, Bailouts, Jobs, Federal Reserve, The Nation, Unemployment Rate, Wall Street Bailouts, Alternet, Steve Benen, Wall Street Reform, Unemployment, Mother Jones, Cfpa, Andy Kroll, Simon Johnson, Bank Bailout, In These Times, Wall Street, Chase, Occ, Financial Reform, JPMorgan Chase, Margaret Dorfman, Bank Bailouts, Mountaintop Removal, Too Big to Fail, Jpmorgan, Economy, Home News
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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger Next week, the debate over financial reform will begin in earnest when Congress returns from its Easter break...

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Weekly Audit: Why Democrats Must Focus on Jobs Now

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The American Prospect, Jobs Bill, Hedge Fund Loophole, Financial Transactions Tax, Financial Speculation Tax, Jobs, Sarah Anderson, YES! Magazine, Billionaire Tax, Unemployment Rate, Robert Greenwald, Defense Budget, Alternet, Art Levin, Wall Street Tax, Deficit, Unemployment, Tim Fernholz, Defense Spending, In These Times, Wall Street, Economy, Home News
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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger The job market in its worst state since the Great Depression and is putting tremendous strain on millions of...

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Weekly Audit: Want Economic Justice? Then It's Time To Act.

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fed, Financial Reform, Christopher Hayes, The Nation, YES! Magazine, Ellen Brown, Alternet, Audit the Fed, Aig, Annie Lowry, Wall Street Reform, Roger Bybee, Financial Crisis, In These Times, Maiden Lane, Economy, The Washington Independent, Politics News
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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed a financial reform package that includes a handful of important reforms,...

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Weekly Audit: Wall Street Goes to the Movies

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Democracy Now!, Movie Derivatives, Jobs Crisis, Long Term Unemployment, Derivatives, Cds, Wall Street Crisis, Swaps, Jobs, Credit Default Swaps, The Nation, Unemployment Rate, Recession, Alternet, Aig, Unemployment, Nick Baumann, Mother Jones, Charter Schools, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Great Recession, Juan Gonzales, Bank Bailout, In These Times, John Nichols, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street, Subprime Mortgage, David Moberg, Economy, Politics News
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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger Last week, the U.S. Senate rejected a plan that would have broken up the nation's six largest banks firms in...

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Weekly Mulch: Climate Change On Obama's Back Burner

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Congress, Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Obama, Clean Energy, Diplomacy, Alternet, State of the Union, Mother Jones, Cap-and-Trade, Fossil Fuels, John Kerry, Climate Change, Climate Bill, Inter Press Service, In These Times, Tea Party, Grist, Copenhagen, Texas Observer, Solar Power, Global Warming, Natural Gas, Florida, Carbon Emissions, Clean Coal, Sustain, President Barack Obama, European Union, Global Warming Skeptics, High-Speed Rail, Copenhagen Accord, cop15, Pew Research Center, Sotu, Off-Shore Drilling, Senate, Green News
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By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger In his first State of the Union address, President Barack Obama touched on climate issues only briefly. He c...

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