Zohran Mamdani’s Bold Program for an Affordable New York City
In a shocking upset, socialist Zohran Mamdani bested former governor Andrew Cuomo in the June 24 New York City mayoral
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CFTC Reversal on Commodities Speculation
From The Wall Street Journal, Courtesy of Marxmail: Wall Street Journal JULY 28, 2009 Traders Blamed for Oil Spike CFTC
New Home Sales Rise Sharply in June
From The Financial Times: New US home sales surge in June By Alan Rappeport in New York Financial Times Published:
The Looming Disaster of Credit Card Debt
From The Financial Times: How the cards are cut By Patrick Jenkins,Francesco Guerrera and Saskia Scholtes Financial Times Published:
AP: Senate To Drop Public Option
Via Huffington Post. Looks like the insurance lobby wins again. WASHINGTON After weeks of secretive talks, a bipartisan group in
Are Average Taxpayers Freeloaders?
From Sam Pizzigati, at the online weekly Too Much, which is well worth a visit. Have Average Taxpayers Become Freeloaders?
Hondouras Imposes State of Siege in South
A report from the Nicaragua/Honduras border, via Clifton Ross, an independent journalist who is friends with Margot Pepper, who
Insurance Whistleblower Before Congress
I am so tired of reading about the horrific details of our lousy healthcare system in the foreign press... From
Not Everything Has to Make a Profit (Bill Maher)
From HuffPo. My favorite quote: "If conservatives get to call universal health care 'socialized medicine,' I get
More on Sales Lagging Profits
From Bloomberg: Sales Fail to Keep Pace With Profits as Economy Stays Sluggish By Peter J. Brennan and Steve Matthews
Intel Says Its Human Rights Were Violated
Taking the concept of corporate personhood to what might be considered its logical extreme, computer chip titan Intel is claiming
Crisis Is Over: For the Wall Street Bonuses
In the second quarter, Morgan Stanley lost $1.26 billion. However, it managed to set aside $3.9 billion for
Unrest in Disneyland
From the Orange County Register: 800 demonstrators march on Disney over labor dispute July 14th, 2009, 6:02 pm posted