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Election Countdown 2012: Occupy Detroit Succeeds in Keeping People in Their Homes, and More
Daily countdown to the election, with links that keep you in the know!
Controversial Drug Receives Military Restrictions and FDA Warnings as Its Patent Expires
The military blew millions of dollars only to discover that antipsychotics are not effective against post-traumatic stress disorder.
The European Financial Transactions Tax: Robin Hood or Sheriff of Nottingham?
The leaders of continental Europe's four biggest countries agreed at last week's euro zone summit on the principle that the European Union should move toward imposing a tax on …
The Five Craziest Policies in Texas Republicans’ 2012 Platform
The Republican Party of Texas released its 2012 platform this month, outlining its policies on taxation, education, and a host of other issues related to the economy.
More Women Are Breadwinners, but They Still Can’t Get Out of the Kitchen
A new report out from the Bureau of Labor Statistics details how both men and women spend their days, and it comes as no surprise that women do a …
Greece’s Far Right Rears Its Head
Shaun Harkin reports on the success of the openly Nazi Golden Dawn party in Greece—and why the growing resistance to austerity is the key to stopping the fascists.
Election Countdown 2012: Emails Document General Counsel Maria Mathews Acknowledged Florida’s Inability to Supply Documentation to DHS in Voter Purge, and More
FL. u201cVoter purge: u201cThe emails document that u2014 despite public claims to the contrary by Scott and Detzner u2014 as early as October of last year, Matthews fully acknowledged …
Walmart’s Honest Graft
The uproar over the Wal-Mart bribery scandal in Mexico uncovered last month evokes the famous distinction between u201cdishonest graftu201d and u201chonest graft.u201d
Do the Koch Brothers Determine Our Energy Dependence?
Ever since President Roosevelt signed an oil agreement with Saudi Arabia in 1945, our fraught relationships in the Middle East have been driven by our militarized dependency on their …
The Court’s Stand for Federalism
Even more gratifying is the court's reinforcement of an obvious principle: The federal government has the responsibility for setting immigration policy, not the states. We do not need — …