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Suppressing the Vote in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Sen. Fred Risser. (Photo: Dave Hoefler) Fred Risser is a veteran Wisconsin state senator. Actually, he is the longest-serving state legislator in American political history. Bald …

How New Is Egypt’s “New” Foreign Policy?
A couple looks out at Cairo from al-Azhar park, February 15, 2011. (Photo: Scott Nelson / The New York Times) Cairo - In the months since Egyptian …

Families Still Stream to Food Banks, and Budget Cuts Could Kill that Lifeline
Over the past month, it seems that the news of a natural disaster striking a different area of the country has been a nightly occurrence. Whether a tornado or …

The “Judicial Insider Trading” of Justice Clarence Thomas and Wife “Ginni”
He had inappropriate sexual entanglements with a number of women and lied about it repeatedly to the American people. Yet nobody —- save for one Colorado law school prof—- …

The Zapatistas Return Amid Failed Drug War
After Javier Sicilia spoke to the crowd of thousands, he called for a 5-minute period of silence to honor the memory of victims of the drug war. (Photo: Kara …

Better Late Than Never? Government Finally Penalizes Major Banks for Mortgage Mod Failures
The Obama administration’s mortgage modification program is more than two years old. From the beginning, it’s been apparent that the participating banks and mortgage servicers were breaking the program’s …

Fighting Hunger Among Latino Children
(Photo: Bread for the World / Flickr)

Redrawing Lines of Power: Redistricting 2011
(Photo: Oregonmetro.gov) 2011 marks the year for redistricting – the once-in-a-decade process to draw boundaries that determine your elected officials from local school boards and city councils …

No Tax Holiday for Multinational Corporations
(Photo: dignidadrebelde / Flickr) If you think that "double Irish" and "Dutch sandwich" are schoolyard jump rope games girls play, think again. These are the nefarious, but …

Youth in Revolt
One great irony of the youth-led revolt in the Arab world is that the two shining successes, Tunisia and Egypt, were previously stellar examples of neoliberal policy. …