Marie Cocco on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines

Looking for a Middle Class

2009-10-15T10:04:00+00:00

The challenge of our time is to re-create America as a middle-class nation. [This is Marie Cocco’s last column.]

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Bribe, Vote, Repeat

2009-10-13T07:09:00+00:00

The votes of lawmakers are so routinely purchased by corporations that it takes a scandal of unusual proportions to generate news coverage.

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Meltdown After the Meltdown

2009-10-08T06:07:00+00:00

The fevered urgency with which the bailout was pushed by the Bush administration and enacted by the Democratic Congress last year has been followed by dithering in the midst of the employment crisis.

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A Slippery Slope on Guns

2009-10-06T06:42:00+00:00

If it wins an upcoming battle in the Supreme Court, the gun lobby is prepared to challenge every gun control law enacted at any level of government.

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Making Tragedy Out of Farce

2009-10-01T09:35:00+00:00

The Senate Finance Committee’s health care debate has given Michael Moore hours of footage for his next cinematic assault on the system.

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Washington Plays the Idiot With Guantanamo

2009-09-29T18:25:00+00:00

With the arrest of Najbullah Zazi, the man allegedly behind the biggest terror plot since 9/11, the truth is clearer than ever: Law enforcement stops terrorism. Not secret island prisons.

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Health Reform Money Is Aimed at Red States

2009-09-24T09:55:00+00:00

Sen. Max Baucus’ health care plan would shift massive amounts of tax money away from traditionally blue states.

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A Clunker, Not a Cadillac

2009-09-22T06:35:00+00:00

Finally, a health care proposal George W. Bush could love. Sen. Max Baucus’ idea to tax “Cadillac” insurance plans has been pushed by Republicans for years.

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