In a recent piece for the American Prospect, Sarah Posner outlined how the fringe of the religious right increasingly dictates the larger conservative agenda, as evidenced by the…
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If you're not a regular reader, you may be surprised to learn the federal government seeks to ram through a new nuclear facility that's intolerable on a number…
“This was a decisive election about judicial independence,” Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser said at a press conference in Madison last Monday, declaring victory and explaining his…
Washington – What is it about the word “jobs” that our nation's leaders fail to understand? How has the most painful economic crisis in decades somehow escaped their…
The manifold revolutions that swept across the globe in the 1960s resulted in the independence of over 30 African nations; the birth of the sexual liberation movement; the…
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is not alone in bashing public workers these days. In the view of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, a potential 2012 GOP presidential candidate, collective…
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson. (Photo: Robotclaw666) Last week, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson announced his candidacy for president of the United States. …
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) With all the craziness at home, I didn’t have time to comment on the European Central Bank’s…
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout; Adapted: _Davo_ 1, 2, 3) Our economic and political mess became more clear once I realized that most of the important…
(Photo: moriza) Tax-deferred retirement accounts were created under a law passed by Congress in 1974. They strike a bargain between taxpayers and the Treasury: money in…