Progressive Opinion

washingtonpost.com — Once upon a time on Wall Street, in the days when investment banks were small private partnerships, a simple but ingenious idea kept bankers and traders accountable for their actions: the collective-liability clauses in their partnership agreements. A mistaken trade here or bad advice there, and all the partners suffered.

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nytimes.com — The United States seems to have slipped into recession; Americans are losing their homes, jobs and health insurance; banks are struggling — and the Iraq war appears to have aggravated all these domestic woes.

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post-gazette.com — Before Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke decides on the next interest rate cut to stimulate the economy and head off a recession, he really needs to listen to ... Ben Bernanke. Mr. Bernanke made clear in testimony that American stimulus no longer encourages much more American production.

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epi.org — EPI president chides stimulus deal for including business breaks that don't work and excluding the stuff that actually helps -- aid to states, expansion of food stamps and unemployment benefits, and public works that puts people to work while building stuff we need. Bipartisan ain't a synonym for smart.

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prospect.org — Candidates don't talk about the price workers pay for growth-at-any-cost business.

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huffingtonpost.com — What we should fear is not government control, but what will happen to caregivers.

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huffingtonpost.com — Washington's HIV epidemic should raise serious doubts about Bush's AIDS non-policy.

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Too many buy the argument that "poor values" explain the plight of the black poor. more »

news.newamericamedia.org — African Americans are not the main players in America’s drug problems.

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nytimes.com — An activist combines compassion for the planet with compassion for inner-city people.

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