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Joe Conason | Searching for Solutions to Global Warming in Africa (2)
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - What would the wealthy nations of the West (and their rising rivals in the East) do if they actually wanted to prevent catastrophic warming? …
The Real Deficit Is Jobs!
The real deficit is jobs. That is one more of those things that everyone can see in front of their faces, but we're told it isn't what it is. …
E.J. Dionne Jr. | The Passionless Party
Washington - One of the strangest lead sentences I have ever encountered appeared in Politico last week. It read: "John Kerry has been the most aggressive advocate of climate …
And It’s One, Two, Three, What Are We Fighting For?
It was 1967, and the world was on fire. War at home and abroad demonstrably began to rear its head, and long-held American values of moral exceptionalism and widespread …
Goldman Can’t Say How Much It Made From Housing Crash
Washington - A congressional commission pressed Goldman Sachs executives Wednesday to spell out how much their company has earned from its exotic bets against the housing market, including $20 …
Lady Godiva and the Fight for Taxation to Benefit the Middle and Working Class
The state capitol was far from the White Plains, New York, church basement on a recent evening in May, but the 30 or so citizens gathered felt its dysfunction …
Kagan Holds Middle Ground as Democrats and Republicans Attack Current Court
Compressed due to this week's memorial services for the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia), but not condensed, the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Solicitor General Elena Kagan …
Kagan Holds Middle Ground as Democrats and Republicans Attack Current Court (2)
Compressed because of memorial services for the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) that are being held this week, but not condensed, the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee …
Kagan Hearings: Gags, Guns, God and Gays
Elena Kagan's Supreme Court confirmation hearings kicked off on Monday. Her nomination has been met by glum resignation on the left and indifference on the right, as Adam Serwer …
All White Juries; Racism in the Courts
After spending more than ten years in jail without a formal sentence, Curtis Flowers now can point to another unenviable distinction – he’s the first person in U.S. history …