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The James Risen Case Cuts to the Heart of “Freedom of the Press“
If the Senate doesn't screw things up, we might finally get the kind of media shield law that our democracy requires.
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How to Be a Staffer in a Democratic Union
We asked four experienced staffers how they see their jobs and how they translate the idea that the members run the union into their day-to-day tasks.
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Skyrocketing Salaries for Health Insurance CEOs
If they're making millions, should the rest of us have to pay higher premiums?
Scapegoating Another American Veteran
The scapegoating of Bowe Bergdahl is a political diversion away from the illegal and failed policies in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Reiner Braun on USAID funding for the Sarajevo “Peace Event”
An excerpt from an interview with Reiner Braun in Neues Deutschland on the question of the donation list for the Peace Event:
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Nuclear Crisis: Can the Sane Prevail in Time?
Tragically, in our corporate culture, the psychopaths have a home in organizations which embrace their own values.
David Cay Johnston on the Perils of Our Growing Inequality
David Cay Johnston stresses that inequality is primarily a result of political and economic arrangements, including anti-trust policy and how much investment society and parents make in their children's …
Human Activity Driving Earth Towards Global Extinction Event
Dr. Terry Root and Dr. Stuart L. Pimm discuss recent research showing human beings are responsible for high extinction rates of species across the globe, and explain how we …
Finance Is Building the Architecture of Its Own Rules
Robert Johnson says the scale of the political investment of finance, six, seven hundred million dollars, is overwhelming; with the political power of finance, do we still have a …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: President Obama Announces an Order to Help Americans Pay Student Loans, and More
President Obama announced an executive order to help five million Americans pay off their student loans, and more.