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The Bureau and the Journalist: Victor Riesel’s Secret Relationship With the FBI
The ghost of this arrangement lives on in the way right-wing media took aim at the Occupy movement.
What’s Next for the Voting Rights Movement?
There's not much diversity among those who bear the brunt of registration mishaps and long-line waits.
What Caused the 2008 Crash, and Why the Republican Explanation Is Not Only False but Dangerously False
Basically, there are two explanations that are given for the 2008 crash: the Democratic one, which says that Wall Street was deregulated and ran wild with frauds that cheated …
Lifting the Veil of Mirage Democracy in the United States
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers trace the history and institutions of a not-so-robust US democracy.
How Congress Could Fix Its Budget Woes, Permanently
The US could issue its credit directly to fund its own budget, just as our forebears did in the colonies.
To Obama: Close the Deal with Iran
The State of the Union offers President Obama a high-profile opportunity to finally close the deal with Iran over its nuclear program by accepting the need for U.S. concessions, …
Dumb and Dumber: Why Does Washington Have No Learning Curve?
We have a second administration in a row that is incapable of learning, or reasonably assessing its situation in the world.
More Austerity Cuts Coming To The States
Shamus Cooke breaks down bi-partisan funding trends for the states since 2008 to explain why Democrats and Republicans have let the American people down.
NY Fracking Scandal: Seven Groups Demand Conflict of Interest Investigation of Cuomo Administration
Recent allegations have come up against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration that their support of fracking is a financial conflict of interest that puts citizens on the back …
The USPS Media #FAIL
The Post Office is not the latest victim of the digital age - it's the latest victim of the conservative war on unions.