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Voters knew just what to do.
Those job numbers are good for Obama, but don’t say whether the economy is truly getting healthier.
Conservatives are going to bed very nervous tonight. They must be realizing that Mitt really is the liberal they were afraid he was. Peace, love, and… gender equality?
Mitt was no wimp, and Obama was no progressive, but Obama had the better plans, the better attacks, and the better handle on the truth.
The first presidential debate of 2012 was an exercise in ridiculousness that produced no insight, no plan, no inspiration, no leadership, and no truth.
Sadly, those who “occupied” Wall Street and city squares across the country in 2011, were right: All of the income gains have concentrated at the top, while the rest of us saw a deterioration or stagnation in our wages and income.
Over a third of U.S. states now allow police to jail people for owing all matter of debts, from medical bills to credit card and auto loans.
The individual mandate won’t get the axe; the Court just affirmed that the key is the tax.
Karen Dolan speaks with Georgetown Law professor Peter Edelman to discuss his decades of anti-poverty work and his new book, “So Rich So Poor: Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty In America.”
We’ll carry on with Barack and Mitt, but we lament that you called it quits.
It didn’t have to be this way. We had the power to make things different. In fact, we still have the power to make things different.
Paul Ryan’s 2013 budget shows not only that the GOP is wildly out of touch with average Americans, but that they lack the ability to lead us anywhere but off a cliff.
Here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly from a budget proposal where Obama is letting the 1 percent off rather easy, while the rest of us, especially the poor, shoulder the pain.
The “ample safety net” that Mitt referenced during an interview with CNN’s Soledad O’Brien would be shredded if his policies were to be enacted.
GDP doesn’t measure most of what’s necessary for a good life.
Sage, who is 11 years old, shares her thoughts on child labor and holiday shopping.
The Institute’s deadline poet bids farewell to the former GOP front-runner’s entertaining presidential bid.
The Super Committee’s failure to produce a deal gives us all breathing room to construct a successful path forward for America.
Any agreement that would come forth from the SuperCommittee will inevitably be disastrous for domestic social programs.
IPS’ Karen Dolan sheds light on who is crying wolf and trying to pull the wool over our eyes, the 99%.