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How Globalization Set the Stage for the 2008 Economic Collapse

Robert Creamer | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Income Stagnation, World Trade Organization, Economic Policy, Employee Free Choice Act, Ecomomic Stimulous, Trade, Economic Crisis, Breaking News, Globalization, Credit Crisis, Nafta, Financial Collapse, Politics News
Robert Creamer

A good case can be made that the massive globalization of labor and financial markets, coupled with "free markets uber alles" policies, formed a toxic mixture that made the collapse inevitable. Here's why.

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Childcare as Infrastructure: Minting the Common Wealth

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Infrastructure, Women's Work, National Childcare Network, French Childcare, Economy, Financial Crisis, Economic Recovery, Childcare, Obama, Barack Obama, Jobs Creation, Elder Care, Family Friendliness, Health Care, Culture of Care, Politics, Breaking News, Living, Home News
Elizabeth Gregory

While Obama aims to fund traditional infrastructure-maintenance work, in the big picture, good, affordable childcare shores up infrastructure of an even more essential kind, our citizens.

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Iranian Blogger Hossein Derakhshan Arrested

Jillian York | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hossein Derakhshan, Iran, Israel, Canada, Breaking News, Politics News
Jillian York

It was reported this morning that Iranian-Canadian blogger and activist Hossein Derakshan, known as the "Godfather of the Iranian blogosphere," was arrested in Tehran.

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Kisses for My President: Work/Family Balance in the White House and in Your House

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Fred MacMurray, Entertainment, Polly Bergen, Childcare, Sarah Palin Vice President, Living, Hillary Clinton, Geena Davis, Women's Work, Breaking News, Home Work, Politics, Work/Family Balance, Economy, Economic Rebuilding, Politics News
Elizabeth Gregory

While this political season won't yield a woman president, it has seen a movement of women into the political forefront as never before.

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OJ: You're Finally Juiced

Lea Lane | Posted 10.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Breaking News, Ron Goldman, Nicole Simpson, Relationships, OJ Simpson, Gulfstream Race Track, Obama Fundraising, Tibet, Entertainment News
Lea Lane

I was in a hotel room breaking up with the man I'd been living with for five years when that white Bronco came on the TV. We stopped breaking up and stayed together through most of the trial.

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Brand Expert Scores Obama v. McCain 7 Ways

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lincoln Savings and Loan, Karl Rove, John McCain, New Century Financial, Countrywide Financial, Sarah Palin, Charles Keating, Breaking News, Branding, Barack Obama, Keating Five, Politics News
John Tepper Marlin

The Obama and McCain brands have been rated by branding-strategy expert Patt Cottingham of Genuine Imprints, Ltd . Her paper "Brand Obama or Brand Mc...

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Sarah Palin Helps the Dems -- But What about the Ladies?

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ann Crittenden, Readiness, Fmla, John McCain, Women's Work, Kathleen Parker, Childcare, Bob Herbert, Fathers and Childcare, Hillary Clinton, Separate Tax Filing, Democrats, Living, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Breaking News, Politics News
Elizabeth Gregory

Will Palin's difficulty on the big stage set back the progress of women into higher office?

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The Ike Effect: Blowing Texas Blue

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 09.23.2008 | Living

Read More: George Bush, Red States, Politics, Houston, Texas Politics, Hurricane Ike, Blue States, Living, Fema, Mayor Bill White, Market Regulation, Breaking News, FEMA Points of Distribution, FEMA Meals Ready to Eat, Category 2 Hurricane, Fema Hurricanes, Electricity, Federal Aid to Ike Victims, Ike, FEMA MREs, Galveston, FEMA PODs, Living News
Elizabeth Gregory

Lots of Houstonians, spared the direct coastal hit, made the most of the forced slowdown in pace.

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Frightened by McCain's Post-Convention Bounce? Three Things You Can Do Personally To Affect the Outcome of the Election

Robert Creamer | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, John McCain, Mccain, Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Breaking News, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Take personal responsibility to do the two things that will win -- persuade swing voters, and mobilize people who won't vote unless they are motivated to do so.

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Never Done and Under Paid

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 09.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Women's Equality Day, Fmla, Family Friendly Policy, Birth Control, Gdp, Women's Work, Labor Day, Lilly Ledbetter, Infertility Insurance, Economy, Breaking News, Living News
Elizabeth Gregory

This year Labor Day and Women's Equality Day bookend the week: a timely conjunction, since tension over what properly constitutes women's work is the crux of much of our current public discourse.

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What McCain's Advisors Tried to Accomplish by Choosing Palin -- Why They Will Fail

Robert Creamer | Posted 08.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Breaking News, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Robert Creamer

I originally thought that Palin's choice would take the question of experience off the table in this race. Now I believe it will put that question back on the table -- in reverse.

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Births Up -- No, Down!: Stats and the Politics of Fertility Anxiety

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 08.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Family Friendly Policy, Census, Sex, Breaking News, Birth Rates, Cdc, Fertility, Fertility Anxiety, Living Childfree, Teen Birth Rise, Women's Work, Women's Education, Style News
Elizabeth Gregory

Anxiety helps put pressure on women to have babies now, at whatever age -- along with the recent highly politicized decreases in access to birth control, especially for younger women.

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Colorado Police Make Assassination-Plot Arrests

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 08.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Breaking News, Denver Arrests, Obama, Assassination Concerns, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Home News
Stephen C. Rose

A small band of men have been arrested for hatching and pursuing a drug-fueled plot on Senator Obama's life. The story actually tracks back to Sunday, and a press conference on the matter is scheduled for this afternoon in Denver.

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Why it's Good News for Democrats that Polls Say One In Four Clinton Backers Still Aren't Sold on Barack

Robert Creamer | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Breaking News, Clinton Supporters, Field Operations, Joe Biden, Polling, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Biden Vice President, Joe Biden Vp, Senator Biden, Obama Biden, 2008 Election, Politics News
Robert Creamer

The odds are very good that the more these voters know about Obama and McCain, the more they will ultimately come home to the Democratic Party.

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The Death of DC Suburban Mayor's Dogs Should Matter to Every American

Robert Creamer | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Labrador Retrievers, Civil Liberties, John McCain, Mayor Calvo, Civil Rights, Breaking News, Drug Policy, Politics News
Robert Creamer

The Prince George's Sheriff's Office SWAT team raided the home of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo and without apparent provocation, they shot and killed the couples' two Labrador retrievers.

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Hiroshima Mayor Asks US To Back Nuclear Ban On 63rd Anniversary of Atomic Bomb

AP | KATSUMI KASAHARA | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Tokyo, Wwii, Hiroshima, World War II, Japan, Atomic Bomb, Breaking News, Home News

HIROSHIMA, Japan — Hiroshima's mayor on Wednesday urged the next U.S. president to support a proposed ban on nuclear weapons, as Japan marked th...

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The Significance of Obama's Foreign Trip

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Breaking News, Iraq War, Reality TV, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Afganistan, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert Creamer

It isn't just the American people who want us to leave Iraq. Now it's the U.S.-backed Prime Minister of Iraq. That leaves Bush, McCain and the neo cons as the only people still committed to this war.

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Progressives Must Guard Against Helping to Promote Republican Narrative That Alleges Obama "Flip Flops"

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Values, Barack Obama, Flip Flops, Breaking News, Presidential Election, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Progressives who disagree with Barack Obama but at the same time don't want to help Republicans usher in a third Bush term need to remember these three things.

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Americans Can't Allow McCain to Continue Bush's Failed Policies in the "War on Drugs"

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sentencing Policy, Cocain Use, Presidential Election, War on Terror, Latin America, Prison, Mccain, Coca Eradication, War on Drugs, Breaking News, Columbia, Drug Policy, Drug War, Bush War on Drugs, Jan Schakowsky, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Though the failures of the "War on Drugs" are more silent and insidious than the president's dramatic failures in the Middle East, the two have much in common.

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Unity Too Cute by Half?

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Al Gore, John McCain, Breaking Political News, New Hampshire, Breaking News, Hillary Clinton, Dream Ticket, Barack Obama, Bush, Home News
Jennifer Donahue

Obama does not need to overtly court Clinton voters in New Hampshire --he needs independent voters. The manufactured dog-and-pony show tomorrow in Unity, N.H., might hurt as much as it helps.

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McCain Advisor's Terrorism Comment Highlights the Right's Historic Use of Fear: How Progressives Can Overcome It

Robert Creamer | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, War on Terror, Hope, War in Iraq, Progressives, 2008 Presidential Race, 9/11, Fear, Right Wing, Barack Obama, Charles Black, Breaking News, Charlie Black, Charlie Black Terrorist Attack, John McCain Charlie Black, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Fundamentally, the centuries-long battle between Progressives and the right wing has been a struggle between empowerment and domination.

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Obama's Opt-Out of Public Financing Will Increase the Odds of True Public Financing for All Federal Races

Robert Creamer | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Presidential Campaign, Public Financing, Barack Obama, Breaking News, Freedom's Watch, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Obama Public Financing, 2008 Election, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Our goal shouldn't be to keep money out of politics -- but rather to keep big money out of politics.

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MSNBC Sinks To New Low With Ten Minute-Long "Man Stuck In Tree" Coverage

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Man Stuck in Tree, Msnbc, Worst News Coverage Ever, Breaking News, Media News

This afternoon MSNBC exhausted ten minutes of "Breaking News" coverage on a man stuck in a tree. Here's what anchor Contessa Brewer knew about the si...

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Falling Cranes and New York's Growing Pains

Sherman Yellen | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: New York Crane Collapse, Upper East Side, Crane Collapse, New York Real Estate, Michael Bloomberg, Real Estate, Gossip Girl, New York City, Breaking News, Gentrification, Politics News
Sherman Yellen

Events like this morning's disaster will happen again and again because in Bloomberg's New York a crane hangs dangerously over the world below every few blocks.

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Why the Long Primary Battle with Clinton Will Actually Help Obama Win in November

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kentucky Primary, Hillary Clinton, Oregon Primary, Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Breaking News, Presidential Primary, 2008 Election, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Listen to the talking heads drone endlessly about Obama's drubbing in Kentucky and Clinton's superior appeal among working class whites in Appalachia, and it is hard not to believe that the continuing primary battle won't hurt Obama in the fall.

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