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Liberals Working for the Right
It is astounding how happy liberals are to work for the right by playing into conservative framing.
Election Countdown 2012: The UN Puts Canada on the Human Rights Watch List, and More
The UN puts Canada on the human rights watch list; Ohio wants to open up the state's forests and parks to fracking; Philadelphia's Green Party takes a firm stand …
Syriza at Heart of Greek Politics Despite Pressure
The Greeks are to vote again on June 17, while the EU and a number of European countries pressure them with threatened expulsion from the euro zone in order …
How Not to Be a Union
(Photo: Steve Rhodes / Flickr)Unions were originally built on the principle of solidarity. Workers soon realized that as individuals they were powerless when trying to defend their interests in …
Campaign Cash: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Super PACs are available for every kind of race - presidential, congressional or statewide. But there are other ways you can help buy an election.
Election Countdown 2012: General Mills Came Out Against the Marriage Amendment, and More
Daily countdown to the election, with links that keep you in the know!
Troubles at San Onofre Nuclear Plant Awaken Activists
Plant's problems mobilize local anti-nuclear activists, residents and officials for the first time since the early '80s.
Marijuana Decriminalization Won’t Kill Discrimination
The proposal to decriminalize the public possession of small amounts of marijuana risks ending a number of objections to the NYPD's stop-and-frisk practices, without properly addressing the racist skew …
Veteran Suicides: A Predictable Epidemic?
Last month I was riding BART to SF and read a statistic in TIME: 18 veterans die by suicide every day u2013 thatu2019s one every 80 minutes.
New Political Showdown in Egypt as Court Invalidates Parliament
Egyptu2019s Supreme Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that the Islamist-led Parliament must be immediately dissolved, while also blessing the right of Hosni Mubaraku2019s last prime minister to run for …