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Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide

Carlos Lozada Nov 17, 2017 Harvard Law professor Cass Sunstein has written a concise, enlightening and argumentative outline for getting rid of presidents. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

How Markets Make Fools of Us

Staff / Truthdig Oct 18, 2015 In their new book “Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation & Deception,” George Akerloff and Robert Shiller merge psychology with economics to give “a broader account of how and why markets produce economic harm." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why No One Would Listen

By Eyal Press, TomDispatch Mar 7, 2012 What’s worse: to be persecuted and indicted for trying to expose an act of wrongdoing? Or -- like so many in the corporate and financial world -- to be ignored for doing so? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Obama Chokes on Clean Air Rule

Staff / Truthdig Sep 3, 2011 Fearing reduced chances for re-election by a public angry about mass unemployment, President Obama walked away from a nationwide plan to strengthen air quality standards after business interests lobbied aggressively in opposition. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Look at the ‘Bush-Obama’ Presidency

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2011 Essayist, Yale English professor and TomDispatch contributor David Bromwich takes a careful accounting of the "sacked" and "saved" members of the Obama administration in an attempt to reveal the similarities between his presidency and George W. Bush's. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Eyeing the 2012 Race, Obama’s Top Regulator Cozies Up to Business

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2011 In a time of critical problems such as climate change and high unemployment, Barack Obama's regulatory czar is busy trying to secure the president's re-election by indulging the anti-regulatory appetites of gluttonous corporations, according to a report by Dan Froomkin. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )