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Sweetheart deal or fair deal on housing?

January 23, 2012 By Van Jones And George Goehl

After months of negotiation with big banks, the White House may announce a settlement that would let the banks off the hook for their role in the foreclosure crisis.

Unions to world leaders: Choose “jobs” or “social collapse”

January 20, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The world's unions are delivering a strong message to international political and business leaders: Create jobs - millions of jobs - or face the consequences.

It’s official: capitalism is a dirty word

January 19, 2012 By Frederick Barr

Luntz is the Republican pollster who has engineered the language of political discourse and handed the conservative movement some useful tools.

Foreclosures set to rise in 2012

January 18, 2012 By Joe Sims

The slight dip in foreclosure rates in 2011 was not the beginning of a trend towards reversal of the mortgage crisis.

French election pollsters: Sarkozy slipping, both left and far right advancing

January 17, 2012 By Emile Schepers

France elects a new president on April 22, with a runoff possible on May 6. As this date approaches, it would appear that incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy is going to have trouble holding on to power.