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Iraq War: Reaffirmation or the End of US Exceptionalism?
American forces arriving in Kuwait in one of the final convoys out of Iraq, December 3, 2011. (Photo: Andrea Bruce / The New York Times) In the …
The Year Dissent Came Back
A group of Occupy Wall Street protesters evicted from Zuccotti Park reconvene in Foley Square at dawn, in New York, November 15, 2011. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The New …
Low Friends in High Places: Triad of Business, Cops and Politicians Attack Occupy
A police officer rests while demonstrators are arrested behind him. (Photo: a c o r n / Flickr) A political campaign by San Francisco’s well-heeled “property owners” …
Scott Walker Getting Nearly Half His Donations From Out-of-State While Decrying Out-of-State Money
Earlier this month, a tweet from Slate political reporter Dave Weigel saying “Gov. Scott Walker just left ATR/Norquist Xmas Party” was the first news to most Wisconsin residents that …
The Port Shutdown Controversy: Corporate Profit vs. the Right to Protest
The San Francisco Chronicle's front-page headline “Governor to Oakland: ‘Keep the port open’ ” could have been gleaned from the newspaper's 1934 edition when Gov. Frank Merriam vowed to …
Ten Ultra-Rich Congresspeople Who “Represent” Some of the Most Financially Troubled Districts
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California). (Photo: Luke Sharrett / The New York Times) The hard times that most Americans continue to experience don't seem to be making an …
Poverty Matters!: A Christmas Miracle
Charity Crowell, 9, checks her school supplies at the trailer where she lives with her family in Asheville, N.C. (Photo: Fred R. Conrad / The New York Times) …
TV Analysts’ Collusion With the Military: Disgraceful but Legal?
(Photo: james_gordon_los_angeles / Flickr) I wasn’t going to look at the news on Christmas Day. I had just had successfully prepared a Christmas Eve dinner for my …
Canada’s Become a Home for Record Fracking
Early last year, deep in the forests of northern British Columbia, workers for Apache Corp. performed what the company proclaimed was the biggest hydraulic fracturing operation ever. …
Strategic Frames of the Occupy Movement
I’ve been watching the Occupy Movement from a distance these last several months, intentionally standing back so that I might observe the larger web of patterns shaping its unfolding …