Reports | Truthdig http://www.truthdig.com/report/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2012 2012-05-28T02:16:17+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Give ‘Em Hell Barry http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/Reports/~3/xOsxqPNuIqc/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/give_em_hell_barry_20120527/ 2012, barack obama, campaign, clinton, democrats, ej dionne, election, harry truman, mitt romney, obama, politics, republicans,

Progressives have yearned for President Obama to follow Harry Truman’s strategy from the 1948 campaign by giving his Republican opponents hell. Now that Obama is doing just that, his critics say he’s not looking presidential.

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]]> 2012-05-28T02:16:17+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/give_em_hell_barry_20120527/ Truthdiggers of the Week: 400,000 Canadians Launching the ‘Maple Spring’ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/Reports/~3/3wYEluH2f1U/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/truthdiggers_of_the_week_400000_canadians_launching_the_maple_spring_201205/ bill 78, canada, maple spring, montreal, quebec, student protests, tuition hikes, Truthdigger of the Week

More than 400,000 Canadians—students and defenders of freedom of expression—filled the streets of Montreal this week to protest a 75 percent university tuition hike and emergency legislation that placed draconian penalties on people exercising their right to demonstrate.

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]]> 2012-05-25T21:30:01+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/truthdiggers_of_the_week_400000_canadians_launching_the_maple_spring_201205/ Why Bain Questions Matter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/Reports/~3/iZ4wntxWS88/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_bain_questions_matter_20120525/ 2012, bain capital, barack obama, campaign, democrats, economy, election, eugene robinson, mitt romney, money, newt gingrich, obama, politics, republicans, rick santorum, wall street, Who are the dastardly enemies of free enterprise who decided to make an issue of Mitt Romney’s tenure at the private-equity firm Bain Capital? Er, those would be his fellow Republicans.

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]]> 2012-05-25T09:26:21+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_bain_questions_matter_20120525/ A Rare Admission That Money Trumps Everything Else http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/Reports/~3/DMxnkiHMVfc/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_rare_admission_that_money_trumps_everything_else_20120525/ andrew cuomo, campaign, david sirota, economy, election, gay marriage, jobs, lloyd blankfein, minimum wage, money, new york, obama, wall street, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is using his power to undermine a popular proposal to increase the minimum wage.

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]]> 2012-05-25T09:23:20+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_rare_admission_that_money_trumps_everything_else_20120525/ OSHA Struggles When Tower Climbers Die http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/Reports/~3/ei1HFQFbhJ8/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/osha_struggles_when_tower_climbers_die_20120524/ , By Ryan Knutson, PBS Frontline, and Liz Day, ProPublica

When federal lawmakers passed landmark legislation creating the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, they intended to protect workers by imposing clear, uniform rules on their employers. They didn’t anticipate industries like tower climbing.

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]]> 2012-05-24T19:09:28+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/osha_struggles_when_tower_climbers_die_20120524/ How to Forget on Memorial Day http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/Reports/~3/8pbnQpLGYeI/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/how_to_forget_on_memorial_day_20120524/ afghan wall, dedication day, maya lin, memorial day, memory hole, national mall, tom engelhardt, tomdispatch, wars, By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch

This Memorial Day, there will undoubtedly be much cant in the form of tributes to “our heroes” and then, Tuesday morning, when the mangled cars have been towed away, the barbecue grills cleaned, and the “heroes” set aside, the forgetting will continue.

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]]> 2012-05-24T15:26:44+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/how_to_forget_on_memorial_day_20120524/ Do the Bain Hustle http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/Reports/~3/C7vxghCi9Qs/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/do_the_bain_hustle_20120524/ 2012, bain, bain capital, banks, barack obama, bill clinton, campaign, democrats, economy, election, hedge funds, lawrence summers, mitt romney, obama, politics, rahm emanuel, republicans, robert scheer, wall street, william daley, Robert Scheer's Columns

President Obama is to be applauded for questioning Mitt Romney’s legacy, although his motives seem to be as opportunistic as those of Romney’s opponents in the Republican primaries who took the same tack.

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]]> 2012-05-24T07:52:03+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/do_the_bain_hustle_20120524/ Clinton’s Answer to a Romney Snark Attack http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/Reports/~3/A2Ikawe4dNo/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/wheres_the_beef_clintons_answer_to_romney_snark_20120524/ 2012, barack obama, bill clinton, campaign, democrats, election, government, joe conason, mitt romney, obama, politics, republicans, speech, For Mitt Romney, the president’s greatest vulnerability seems to be that Barack Obama is no Bill Clinton—and he is seeking to exploit that perception in his public speeches attacking the incumbent.

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]]> 2012-05-24T07:47:35+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/wheres_the_beef_clintons_answer_to_romney_snark_20120524/ Memorial Day: Honor the Dead, Heal the Wounded, Stop the Wars http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/Reports/~3/KN75S8GwWxk/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/memorial_day_honor_the_dead_heal_the_wounded_stop_the_wars_20120523/ afghanistan, amy goodman, barack obama, casualties, chicago, democracy, iraq, john allen, media, military, nato, nato summit, obama, pentagon, protest, war,

Gen. John Allen, commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals.

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]]> 2012-05-23T23:00:17+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/memorial_day_honor_the_dead_heal_the_wounded_stop_the_wars_20120523/ A Catholic Spring? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/Reports/~3/_Jv496sAYDM/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_catholic_spring_20120523/ affordable care act, barack obama, catholic bishops, catholic church, catholics, conservatives, contraception, ej dionne, health care, obama, politics, There is a healthy struggle brewing among the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops.

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