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Weekly Audit: The Shocking Truth About Taxes

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.19.2011

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The super rich are different from you and me. For one thing, their tax rates are lower. According to I...

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Weekly Audit: Republicans' Budget Declares War on Medicare

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.05.2011

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The Republicans are poised to unveil a model budget on Tuesday that would effectively end Medicare by ...

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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

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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 Pulse: Florida Governor Wants to Drug Test All State Employees

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Abortion, Welfare, Suzy Khimm, Minnesota Independent, Florida, Andy Birkey, Hiv, Abstinence, Cenk Uygur, Drug Testing, The Progressive, Martha Kempner, LaShieka Purvis Hunter, South Dakota, Planned Parenthood, Alternet, Young Turks, Public Sector Workers, Rick Scott, Colorlines, Labor, Ellen LaConte, Fruit, Mother Jones, Matthew Rothschild, Mike Elk, Working in These Times, Gardening, Aids, Vegetable, Politics News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott plans to force public workers and welfare recipients to undergo...

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Weekly Audit: Massive Protest In Wisconsin Shows Walker's Overreach

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger About 100,000 people gathered in Madison, Wisconsin to protest Gov. Scott Walker's new anti-collective...

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Weekly Pulse: 911 Is a Joke (Because It's Broke)

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Truth in Advertising, Abortion, Destitute, Vegetarian, In Defense of Food, New York City, Budget, Cpc, Parke Wilde, 9/11, Medicaid, Omnivore's Dilemma, Noelle Williams, Choice, Usda, Telephone, Marion Nestle, Wisconsin, Tax, Michael Pollan, Blog, Food Politics, Ms Magazine, Food, Working in These Times, Walker, Communications, Bury, Grist, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Ems, Home News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger As the Great Blizzard of 2010 blanketed New York City, most residents were blissfully unaware that th...

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Showdown in Madison: A Primer for the Wisconsin Protests

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Raquel Brown, Media Consortium blogger It's been a tumultuous week in Madison, Wisconsin. Tens of thousands of state workers, teachers, and studen...

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Weekly Audit: What Will The GOP Cut?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The Republicans won control of the House and picked up seats in the Senate in the midterm election on ...

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Weekly Audit: We Welcome Our New Plutocratic Overlords

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Meet the new global elite. They're pretty much the same as the old global elite, only richer and more ...

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Weekly Audit: A Progressive Deficit Fix?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The co-chairs of the 18-member deficit commission issued a preliminary presentation two weeks ago tha...

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The Weekly Pulse: Michael Pollan's Rules for Thanksgiving, Plus Whole Foods' Healthcare Lies

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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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

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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 Audit: Banks Get Big Bucks, Consumers Get Bupkis

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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Weekly Audit: Banks Get Big Bucks, Consumers Get Bupkisby Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Last week, the Federal Reserve announced a plan...

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Weekly Audit: Surprise! Bailed Out Banks Backing Anti-Bailout Candidates

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Some of the banks that got bailed out during the financial crisis of 2008 are backing Republican can...

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Weekly Pulse: Rotten Eggs, Drowsy Doctors, and Expensive Insurance

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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Weekly Pulse: Rotten Eggs, Drowsy Doctors, and Expensive Insuranceby Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Tainted egg shell game The Iowa chap...

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Weekly Pulse: The Religious Right vs. Birth Control

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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Weekly Pulse: The Religious Right vs. Birth Controlby Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Does health care reform's promise of preventive car...

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

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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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: Dr. George Tiller's Assassin Was No Lone Wolf

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger When Scott Roeder shot Dr. George Tiller in church last year, media accounts described him as a lone w...

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Weekly Pulse: "Racist" Tanning Tax and Other Absurd Objections to Health Care Reform

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger While President Obama signed the final piece of the health care reform bill into law on Tuesday, oppon...

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Weekly Pulse: Obama to Push for Reconciliation

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Today, President Barack Obama will deliver a speech to Congress outlining his plan to move forward on ...

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Weekly Audit: More Jobs Please

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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>By Zach Carter, Media Consortium Blogger One year after President Barack Obama secured passage of his critical economic stimulus package, the U.S. Se...

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Weekly Pulse: Obama Stalls for Time with Health Care Summit

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium Blogger President Barack Obama's February 25 health care summit, where he will appear on TV with Republican le...

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Weekly Audit: Attack of the Imaginary Budget Demons

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Defecit, Congress, Jobs Bill, Pundits, Jobs, Budget Deficit, The Nation, Barack Obama, Unemployment, Jobs Creation, Tax Policy, Fiscal Year, 2011 Budget, Tax Cuts, Working in These Times, Free Market, Recovery Act, Stimulus Package, Economy, Home News
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By Zach Carter, Media Consortium Blogger On Feb. 1, President Barack Obama unveiled his 2011 budget proposal. While conservative pundits reacted with ...

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Weekly Audit: Fighting Economic Inequality in Haiti and at Home

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Zach Carter, Media Consortium Blogger Rampant poverty can't be written off as the result of historical accident or a worker's incompetence. It is ...

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