Obama Hires a Hustler (Robert Scheer)

Oct. 19, 2010 (TruthDig) -- One day as Wall Street was crashing, President George W. Bush had the temerity to plaintively ask his treasury secretary, Henry Paulson: “How did this happen?” Paulson, wh ...

Bernanke Ponders The 'Nuclear Option' (Mike Whitney)

Oct. 15, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Ben Bernanke's speech on Friday in Boston could turn out to be a real barnburner. In fact, there's a good chance the Fed chairman will announce changes i ...

US Healthcare 'to Blame' for Poor Life Expectancy Rates (BBC)

Oct. 10, 2010 (BBC) -- The U.S. healthcare system is to blame for declines in the country's life expectancy ranking, a study suggests. The Columbia University report rejects claims that factors such ...

How Democracy Dies: Lessons from a Master (Chris Hedges)

Oct. 11, 2010 (Truthdig) -- The ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes spent his life battling the assault on democracy by tyrants. It is disheartening to be reminded that he lost. But he understood t ...

Wells Fargo: No halt to foreclosures (Mark Calvey)

Oct. 8, 2010 (San Francisco Business Times) -- Wells Fargo said Friday it has no plans to adopt a foreclosure moratorium despite Bank of America’s decision today to halt all foreclosures. “Wells Farg ...

Over 60 percent of Afghans suffer mental health problems (Agence France-Presse)

Oct. 10, 2010 -- KABUL (Agence France-Presse) -- Scarred by decades of war, social problems and poverty, more than 60 percent of Afghans suffer from stress disorders and mental health problems, a top ...

How Do You Take Your Tea? With Heaping Spoonfuls of Irony, Of Course (David Michael Green)

Oct. 10, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- It's so great that Americans are finally angry about the state of their country. But it's beyond awful that all the wrong people are beside themselves fo ...

Government had Been Warned for Months about Troubles in Mortgage Servicer Industry (Zachary A. Goldfarb)

Oct. 10, 2010 (Washington Post) -- Consumer advocates and lawyers warned federal officials in recent years that the U.S. foreclosure system was designed to seize people's homes as fast as possible, o ...

World Job Crisis is a Threat to Democracy, Says IMF Head (Larry Elliott)

International Monetary Fund meeting dominated by fears that US job crisis will add to currency tensions with China Oct. 10, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (The Guardian) -- The International Monetary Fund was se ...

Boiler Rooms, Foreclosure Mills: The Story of America’s Mortgage Industry (Michael Hudson)

Oct. 8, 2010 (Center For Public Integrity) -- The news about the nation’s foreclosure scandal has been coming fast and furious, driven by tales of backdated documents, false affidavits and “rocket do ...

The Secret Big-Money Takeover of America (Robert Reich)

Oct. 8, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Not only is income and wealth in America more concentrated in fewer hands than it’s been in 80 years, but those hands are buying our democracy as never be ...