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Detroit book forum calls for new economy
January 7, 2010Jim Wallis, founding editor-in-chief of Sojourners Magazine, a Christian social justice publication, calls for new values and new economy.
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The big minus
January 6, 2010Without a rapid draw-down in unemployment numbers, Obama will be unlikely to resurrect the coalition he needs to address other important questions.
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Even the Washington Post agrees: It was a ‘Decade of Disaster!’
January 4, 2010It took the Washington Post until almost a year after he left office to do it, but on its front page Jan. 2 the paper, which normally emphasizes happy economic news, printed a report that described...
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A program to address the economic crisis
December 28, 2009Only direct and indirect government intervention to stimulate and restructure the economy along democratic lines stands a chance of lifting the working class and nation out of crisis.
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60 organizations demand gov’t create millions of jobs
December 17, 2009A coalition of 60 labor, civil rights and community organizations launched a campaign Dec. 16 to pressure Congress to "put America back to work" by passing legislation that creates millions of living-wage jobs.
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