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The New Republicans: Weighed Down By Plutocrats and Preachers
Paul Krugman: Today's Republican Party is an alliance between the plutocrats and the preachers.
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Supreme Court May Choose to Enter DOMA Fray as Support for Gay Marriage Rights Continues to Rise
Those who support or oppose gay marriage rights want to see the mattered settled.
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The Pledge
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Pete Seeger: “You Stick Together ‘Til It’s Won”
Pete Seeger has considered what it means to sing out in a world where the din of injustice is deafening.
Economic Update: Inconvenient Economic Truths
Updates on unpaid law clerks, Buffett's minimum tax on high incomes, and CBO report on medical care costs and federal deficits.
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Bayou Frack-Out: The Massive Oil and Gas Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of
Amid shaking earth, collapsing ground and toxic air and water, residents wonder if they can ever go home.
To Push for Meaningful Defense Cuts, We Need Unusual Partnerships
Imagine what a maverick GOP senator could accomplish if he joined forces with a muckraking journalist to get the facts on the bloated DoD budget.
The Regional Restructuring of the American Continent
Americans committed to a renewal of democracy are likely to discover this can only be meaningfully achieved in units of scale smaller than a continent.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Los Angeles Port Workers Declare Victory After an Eight-Day Strike, and More
In today's On the News segment: Los Angeles Port Workers are declaring victory after their eight-day long strike ended last night; a group of Republican Senators blocked ratification of a …
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The Battle for Democracy Is Year-Round
A federal right to vote will effectively neuter politically-motivated state lawmakers and election officials who care less about a robust democracy and more about rigging elections.