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FEMA Denies Aid To Housing Co-Ops after Sandy

According to New York's Office of Housing Recovery Operations, some 120 co-op buildings, with 13,000 apartments, and 368 condominiums, with 7,000 units, sustained flooding and damage after Hurrican ...

The Whose Who and What's What of Our Tax Brackets

There was a time when the very wealthiest paid a substantial portion of their income in taxes, "Those were the years of the greatest middle class prosperity in America," says Author Sam Pizzigati. ...

Take the Oath: A Critic of Marriage Gets Teary

It’s inevitable. I’m thinking about marriage. ...

At Obama's Second Inauguration, How Emancipated Are We?

Inauguration Day approaches, and we're all familiar by now with the fact that 2013, which kicks off with the second inauguration of Barack ...

After Sandy, Learning From New Orleans: D6 and Beyond

Apparently seeking post-Sandy advice, New York Mayor Bloomberg’s deputies recently paid a visit to New Orleans. ...

Romney's Racism: In the Gutter with Gingrich

The sixteenth anniversary of TANF hit this week, and the Republican presidential candidate spent his time lying about the president’s position on it. ...

Full Employment Is Possible!

Prominent economists have been expounding for months on the dire consequences of this country’s unemployment crisis. ...

Vp Issue 9: "Laura Flanders"

[Originally published in Vp issue 9 interview by Jill Sobule (2005)] ...

The Student Debt Bomb

President Obama doled out the most shocking stream of commencement cliches to the graduating class of Barnard College Monday. To offer just a taste: ...

Laura Flanders & Noam Chomsky Talk "Occupy"

GRITtv's Laura Flanders sat down last week to discuss the Occupy Movement with critical theorist and longtime academic superstar, Noam Chomsky, who's book of collected lecture-turned-essays, < ...
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