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The real Ronald Reagan on his 100th birthday
February 10, 2011In 1984 Ronald Reagan proclaimed it was "Morning in America." But many of us knew that in reality he was ramrodding wage-cut policies that busted unions, undermined New Deal programs, and deregulated the banks and corporations.
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State election may determine future of Mexican left
January 26, 2011On July 3, voters in the central State of Mexico, in Mexico, will elect a new governor. More is at stake than one governorship out of 31 in this country of 108 million people. The future...
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On lessons of New Deal, GOP fails miserably
January 22, 2011The New Deal economic recovery programs during the Great Depression of the 1930s showed how to solve economic crises without resorting to war.
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Richard Nixon’s tapes and the psychology of division
December 20, 2010New tapes from the Nixon White House show Nixon's pathologic prejudices against virtually every ethnic group, particularly his crude anti-Semitism.
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Exploding tea party myths about American history
December 14, 2010Jill Lepore's "The Whites of Their Eyes" is two distinct histories in the space of a single volume.
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