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Judge Recants Own Decision on GOP Polling Place Photo ID Law Later Upheld by SCOTUS
The 7th circuit court judge who wrote the majority opinion in the landmark Crawford v. Marion County Election Board case, has now admitted he got it wrong!
The Ten Hardline Conservatives Pulling the Strings of the GOP Shutdown
Just looking at the rank-and-file members of the “suicide caucus” isn't enough - it's like focusing on the marionette rather than the puppet-master.
The Economic Consequences of a US Debt Default
The economic ignorance of the Teapublican faction of the Republican party in the US House and Senate is perhaps exceeded only by the similar ignorance of its economic advisers.
The Desert of Israeli Democracy: A Trip Through the Negev Desert Leads to the Heart of Israel’s National Nightmare
The Prawer Plan is a blueprint for the expulsion of 40,000 indigenous Bedouin citizens of Israel from their ancestral Negev Desert communities that promised to “concentrate” them in state-run, …
Does Capitalism Work for You?
American artist Steve Lambert set up a massive scoreboard in Times Square this week asking the public for a true or false answer to the following statement: Capitalism Works …
The Tragedy of Greece as a Case Study of Neo-Imperial Pillage and the Demise of Social Europe
The neoliberal prescriptions for Greek ‘recovery’ that only deepen its economic crisis reveal the anti-democratic assault on the welfare state and the breakdown of social Europe as the center …
The Pentagon’s Italian Job
The Pentagon is increasingly turning to Italy as a launching pad for the wars of today and tomorrow alike.
All of the Possible Outcomes of the Debt Ceiling Fight Explained
The result of the government shutdown could be catastrophic or the political epiphany this country needs. Here are some possible outcomes.
Money, Politics and the Roberts Court: Seventh Game of The Court’s Plutocrat Series
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what has become its annual dismantling of campaign finance law.
Salmonella and Hepatitis Outbreaks Start Up as Government Shuts Down
Dual outbreaks of salmonella and non-viral hepatitis have sickened hundreds and left one person dead.