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Wider Protests Urged in Egypt as Crackdown Enters Day 4
Cairo - A day after the cabinet offered its resignation to Egypt’s transitional military government, protesters demanding an end to army rule fought street battles with the police for …
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America’s Affluent and the New Bunker Down
How many neighborhoods have you ever seen with oodles of rich residents — and poor schools? Or, vice versa, how many neighborhoods do you know with lots of poor …
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Obama Visits New Hampshire on Tuesday; Is He Running Scared There?
Washington - Is President Barack Obama worried about a surprise in the Democratic primary this January in New Hampshire? Maybe the kind of narrow victory that hurt …
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Julie Doucet: It’s Amazing I’m Able to Make a Living
This week in Ladydrawers, we continue hearing from one of the most important and talented female comics artists in North America—Julie Doucet. As she told us in the first …
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Super Committee Fails: How Republican Tax Intransigence Killed It: A Timeline
By now we have all heard the latest in the months-long debate over reducing the nation’s deficit — barring a last-minute miracle, the congressional super committee tasked with finding …
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Private Sector Loans, Not Fannie or Freddie, Triggered Crisis
Washington - As the economy worsens and Election Day approaches, a conservative campaign that blames the global financial crisis on a government push to make housing more affordable to …
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Seymour Hersh: Propaganda Used Ahead of Iraq War Is Now Being Reused over Iran’s Nuke Program
While the United States, Britain and Canada are planning to announce a coordinated set of sanctions against Iran’s oil and petrochemical industry today, longtime investigative journalist Seymour Hersh questions …
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Washington Lobbyists Crafted $850,000 Secret Plan For Bank Lobbyists To Undermine Occupy Wall Street
This weekend, the MSNBC show Up! With Chris Hayes broke a stunning story about how Washington lobbyists are scrambling to undermine the protesters on Wall Street and across the …
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Secrecy Surrounds Inmate Suicides in California State Prisons
California prisoner advocate groups have raised alarm about a string of suicides in California state prisons committed by inmates who participated in hunger strikes this year to demand an …
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Privatization Nightmare: 5 Public Services That Should Never Be Handed Over to Greedy Corporations
Who gains – and who loses – when public assets and jobs are turned over to the private sector? The corporate right endlessly promotes “privatization” of public …