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Reports: Romney’s Overriding Ambition

Reports: Clint, Rick and the Limits of Pessimism

Arts and Culture: And Now, This Presidential Appraisal From Scarlett Johansson

Cartoons: Romney Cares About the Middle Class

Reports: The Price of a Good Night’s Sleep

Reports: The Uninspired GOP Electorate

Ear to the Ground: Employment Numbers Get an Unexpected Bump in January

Ear to the Ground: Damage Control, Romney Style

Reports: The Democrats Who Unleashed Wall Street and Got Away With It

Ear to the Ground: Facebook Gets Ready to Go Public

Ear to the Ground: Apple Does Not Need Your Money to Treat Workers Fairly

Cartoons: Occupy Dreams

Reports: Focus on Iran and China Could Hasten American Decline

Arts and Culture: How the Stimulus Revived the Electric Car

A/V Booth: Congress: Not the Place for Insider Trading

Ear to the Ground: Is Europe Making a Comeback?

Ear to the Ground: Bailout, Tune Out

Ear to the Ground: Report: Freddie Mac Stacked the Deck Against Homeowners

Cartoons: Next Meal Ticket for Wall Street

Truthdig Podcast: The Numbers Show

A/V Booth: The Numbers Show

Reports: The Economic Normalcy Bias

Reports: An Argument Obama Can Win

Reports: Obama’s Late Payment to Mortgage-Fraud Victims

Ear to the Ground: Geithner Eyes the Exit

Reports: Thank You for Standing Up

Cartoons: Gazillions

Cartoons: Mitt Worldview

Cartoons: Responsible

Reports: Change They Don’t Believe In

Reports: S&P Downgrades and Banks: Threats to Global Stability

Ear to the Ground: California: How Heartless Can You Get?

Reports: So Much for a Populist GOP

Ear to the Ground: Recovery Drags as Americans Dip Into Savings

Reports: A Fair Share of Scrutiny

Reports: There’s Hope for Republicans Yet

Reports: What Kind of Capitalist Was Romney?

Ear to the Ground: Bill Moyers Coming Back to a TV Near You

Cartoons: It’s What’s on the Inside That Counts

A/V Booth: Did Mitt Romney Really Say He Likes Firing People?

Ear to the Ground: Obama’s New Chief of Staff Hails From Wall Street

Ear to the Ground: Germany and France to the Rescue, Again

Reports: Stuck in the Bloody Primaries

Cartoons: Pentagon Budget Cuts

Cartoons: Rich-Poor Gap

Cartoons: Global Politics

Cartoons: One Last Christmas Wish

Reports: America’s 5 Political Parties

A/V Booth: Documentary Connects Shootings to Economic Struggle

Ear to the Ground: American Social Mobility Ain’t What It Used to Be

Reports: Arms Dealer Obama Will Win by Default

Ear to the Ground: Obama Gets His Way With Consumer Bureau Pick

Reports: The Puzzling Presidential Candidacy of Mikhail Prokhorov

Arts and Culture: Norman Lear Is a ‘Born Again American’

Reports: Extravagant Hopes of 2008 Haunt Obama in 2012

Reports: Could Ron Paul Be the Next Ralph Nader?

Ear to the Ground: Occupy Targets Obama

Ear to the Ground: Krugman: Austerity Still Doesn’t Work

Ear to the Ground: More Austerity Coming to Spain

Reports: Marginalizing Ron Paul

Ear to the Ground: Budget Crises Put an Expiration Date on Death Row

Cartoons: The Survivor

Reports: A Brainpower Revolution

Cartoons: From Barack

Cartoons: Grand Old Pickpocket

Reports: Obama: The Conservative in 2012

Arts and Culture: Occupy Jingle Bells

A/V Booth: ‘Left, Right & Center’: Extreme Makeover: U.S. Economy Edition

Reports: History Tells Us Not to Dismiss a Democratic Challenge to Obama

Ear to the Ground: House Nixes Tax-Break Bill

Cartoons: Three Wise Men

Ear to the Ground: Top WaMu Leaders Escape Serious Punishment

Cartoons: Occupy NCAA

Cartoons: Christmas Bills

Cartoons: Santa Goes Shopping

Ear to the Ground: SEC Slaps Former Fannie, Freddie Execs With Fraud Charges

Reports: There Goes the Republic

Cartoons: Welcome Home

Ear to the Ground: America the Battlefield

Ear to the Ground: Occupy Wall Street’s ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Moment

A/V Booth: Chris Hedges Talks Capitalism With Michael Moore

Ear to the Ground: Krugman Calls It a Depression

Cartoons: Late Postal Service

Cartoons: Time Is Up

Reports: Time to Start Preoccupying Wall Street

Ear to the Ground: Britain Stands Alone After EU Veto

A/V Booth: Where Were You When They Crucified My Lord?

Reports: Truthdiggers of the Week: Two Mortgage Meltdown Whistle-Blowers

Truthdig Podcast: The Cruelty of Nonlethal Weapons

A/V Booth: The Cruelty of Nonlethal Weapons

Cartoons: Balance

Reports: Will Popular Reformer Cuomo’s Plan Tax the 1 Percent?

A/V Booth: Occupy Economics: Experts Speak in Support of the 99 Percent

Ear to the Ground: My Occupy L.A. Arrest

Reports: Obama’s New Square Deal

Arts and Culture: High Fashion in the Time of Recession

Reports: Fiction, Fantasy and the Euro

Ear to the Ground: The Occupy Movement’s Next Frontier

Cartoons: American Airlines Bankruptcy Solution

Reports: China’s Future Up in the Air

A/V Booth: Class Warfare, Brought to You by the Muppets

Ear to the Ground: Sarkozy and Merkel: Never Again

Reports: The GOP’s Rational Reality Show

Cartoons: Marketing

Cartoons: Santa Euro Crisis

Ear to the Ground: Don’t Laud the Jobless Drop

Reports: Jesus and the 99 Percent

Reports: Celebrating the End of Kids’ Wall Street Dreams

Ear to the Ground: Sarkozy: It All Comes Down to France and Germany

Ear to the Ground: Occupy L.A.: Decamped but Not Deterred

Cartoons: Christmas Shopping 2012

Cartoons: Dual Trigger Double Barrel

Reports: You Can Arrest an Idea

Ear to the Ground: Police Clear Occupy Camps in Los Angeles, Philadelphia

Reports: Occupy 2012

Ear to the Ground: Let’s Talk About Inequality, Baby

Reports: Cheering for the Chinese

Ear to the Ground: Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks Big Profits During Bailout

Ear to the Ground: Paulson Tipped Hedge Funds About Market Meltdown

Ear to the Ground: We Deserve the Truth From Citigroup, Judge Rules

Arts and Culture: Miley Cyrus and OWS Share a Headline for Fun and Profit

Ear to the Ground: Wolf’s OWS Report Sparks Debate

Ear to the Ground: Barney Frank to Call It Quits

Ear to the Ground: LAPD Uses a Lighter Touch While Evicting Occupiers

Cartoons: Turkeys

Reports: Will Moderates Defeat Moderation?

Ear to the Ground: L.A. Mayor Gives Occupiers an Eviction Notice

Ear to the Ground: Europe’s Plight Chills Year-End Market Predictions

Ear to the Ground: Black Friday: The Pepper Spray Holiday

Reports: When We Fight Back

Reports: Thanks for What?

A/V Booth: British Journalist Squares Off Against Former Goldman Partner

Reports: Pulling Accounts From the Unaccountable

Reports: How Students Landed on the Front Lines of Class War

A/V Booth: Another Vet Struck Down by Police in Oakland

A/V Booth: Money: All of It

Reports: The Republicans Aren’t Funny, They’re Scary

Reports: It’s Time to Occupy the Majority

Reports: Still Occupied

Reports: Anger Sowing Seeds of a New Consumer Movement

Cartoons: Super Committee Gun

Ear to the Ground: America Is Special, Vote for Me

A/V Booth: ‘Left, Right & Center’: Occupied by Occupy

Ear to the Ground: OWS: The Start of Something Big

A/V Booth: ‘Democracy Now’: OWS Day of Action Special

Reports: Truthdigger of the Week: Dorli Rainey

Ear to the Ground: Mayors Come Together Under the Threat of (Gasp!) Free Speech

Cartoons: World Population

Ear to the Ground: Occupiers Rally, Media Tallies on National Day of Action

Reports: The Villain Occupy Wall Street Has Been Waiting For

Ear to the Ground: AIG Chairman Looks Down His Nose at OWS

Reports: The Easiest Way to Cut the Deficit

Reports: Where Does Occupy Go From Here?

A/V Booth: The Data Behind the Occupy Movement

Ear to the Ground: America’s Middle-Class Neighborhoods on the Decline

A/V Booth: ‘Colbert Report’: Occupy Wall Street Decamped

A/V Booth: Olbermann: Why Occupy Wall Street Needs Michael Bloomberg

Reports: A Night of Hope in Berkeley

Arts and Culture: Marketing Masculinity in an Age of Male Anxiety

Ear to the Ground: N.Y. Judge Sides With Mayor on No Camping Rule

Cartoons: Twoeth by (c)

Reports: This Is What Revolution Looks Like

A/V Booth: ‘Democracy Now!’: Inside the Zuccotti Park Raid

Reports: The GOP’s Message Problem

Ear to the Ground: OWS Protesters Regroup after Zuccotti Park Evacuation

Ear to the Ground: Report Claims Rep. Bachus Capitalized on Financial Meltdown

Ear to the Ground: Cops Send Occupy Oakland Protesters Packing

Reports: Mindless—but Always Talking Loud

Cartoons: Trickle Down

A/V Booth: ‘Outed’ Oakland Cop Supports Occupy Movement, Criticizes Police

Reports: Truthdigger of the Week: Robert Reich

Reports: Why Income Inequality Suddenly Matters

Ear to the Ground: S&P Accidentally Downgrades France

Reports: It Seems Wall Street Is Occupying Us

A/V Booth: Raw Video: Berkeley Police Clash With Students

A/V Booth: Robert Reich and Robert Scheer at Occupy L.A. Teach-In

Reports: California Refuses to Accept Obama’s Banking Sellout

Ear to the Ground: Alabama County Goes Really, Really Bankrupt

Ear to the Ground: Occupy Wall Street Organizer Puts L.A. in the Hot Seat

Ear to the Ground: Berlusconi Shown the Door

Ear to the Ground: China Censors Search for ‘Occupy’

A/V Booth: The Great Depression, Now in Color

Ear to the Ground: White House Tweaks Daley’s Job Description

Cartoons: Discuss a Loan

Reports: The War Against the Poor

A/V Booth: Occupy America

Arts and Culture: De Niro to Morph Into Madoff

Ear to the Ground: So Long, Silvio?

Reports: Finding Freedom in Handcuffs

Ear to the Ground: Obama the Underdog

Reports: Bloomberg vs. Occupy Wall Street

Cartoons: Holidays Economy

Cartoons: Poverty and Infant Mortality

Cartoons: The Supercommittee

Cartoons: GOP Jobs Plan

Arts and Culture: The Power of Protest Contest: Find Out Who Won

A/V Booth: Robert Reich on OWS Strategy: Hit ’Em Where It Counts

Cartoons: The American Dream

Reports: Truthdigger of the Week: Scott Olsen

Reports: The Mitt Might Not Fit

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