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Inside the Investigation of Leading Republican Money Man Sheldon Adelson
At least one prominent Republican has expressed concern about the source of Adelson's campaign contributions.
Homophobic Chaplain Alliance’s Feeble, Failed Attempt to Rape Servicemembers’ Civil Rights
Under the approving gaze of successive generations of complicit military leaders, ever more powerful sections of the chaplaincy became strongholds for those who sought to turn the Armed Forces …
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Economic Rapture Might Be Around the Corner
If the deficit disappears, our economic nightmare might finally come to an end.
US Ship Attacks Fishing Boat in Persian Gulf, Killing One
A U.S. Navy fuel-resupply ship that had just passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf opened fire at a 50-foot fishing boat moving toward it, killing …
Will Your State Refuse to Provide Medicaid Coverage to Needy Adults?
It is precisely the states that could most benefit from the increased coverage under ACA's Medicaid expansion provision that seem least willing to participate in the plan.
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Mitt Romney’s “Hostile Takeover” of Massachusetts Environmental Protections
Romney, then governor of Massachusetts, diverted $45,000 from the state's Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to hold a send-off rally for the football team at Foxboro's Gillette Stadium …
After National Gathering, Is There Room for Insurrectionary Anarchism in Occupy?
The idea, according to organizers, was to bring Occupy participants together from around the country to share and focus visions for the movement.
Hope Is for the Lazy: The Challenge of Our Dead World
First, to be a hope-monger or a hope-peddler today is not just a sign of weakness but also of laziness, and sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.
Moyers Moment (2009): Michael Perino on the Pecora Commission
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimonu2019s hearings before Congress last month were strikingly similar u2014 in circumstances if hardly in results u2014 to the 1930s Senate Banking Committee hearings known …
The Toothless Accountability Systems Behind the Penn State Scandal
A report in the wake of the child abuse accusations against a prominent football coach reveals Penn State operated under its own rules, which could be easily flouted by …