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Long Live Democracy: Reclaim Wisconsin
Unions and progressives suffered a tremendous defeat in Wisconsin this week. Out of this defeat, however, may come significant victories - if a broad-based social movement emerges. En route …
Simon Johnson: “A Healthy Financial System Cannot Be Built on the Expectation of Bailouts“
Testimony submitted to the Congressional Oversight Panel, “Hearing on the TARP’s Impact on Financial Stability,” Friday, March 4, 2011. I. …
Eugene Robinson | The Hooey King
Washington - “There is nothing radical or un-American in holding these hearings,” Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., claimed Thursday, as he launched his McCarthyite probe of American Muslims. He could …
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | What Wisconsin Can Teach Washington
Washington - Consider the contrast between two groups of Democrats, in Wisconsin and in the nation's capital. The Washington Democrats, including President Obama, have allowed conservative Republicans to dominate …
News in Brief: France Recognizes Libyan Rebels in NATO Talks, and More
France Recognizes Libyan Rebels in NATO Talks
Then They Came for the Trade Unionists
On this day, it behooves us to remember the words of Martin Niemoller. “First they came for the communists,” he wrote, "and I didn't speak out because I wasn't …
Author John R. Coats on “Original Sinners: A New Interpretation of Genesis“
FSB Associates: What inspired you to write a book based on the book of Genesis?
Rep. Ellison Breaks Into Tears Explaining Story of Muslim First Responder Who Died to Save Americans on 9/11
Today, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) is holding hearings in the House Homeland Security Committee singling out the Muslim American community for supposedly aiding and abetting terrorism. Rep. Keith Ellison …
“This Is Not Democracy” – Wisconsin’s Anti-Union Bill Passes
“Enough is enough.” That's what Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said in a statement about why Wisconsin Senate Republicans on Wednesday evening carved the anti-union provisions out of …
Scott Walker, Reagan’s Self-Appointed Heir
With the latest turn of events in Wisconsin, Republican state senators have circumvented the need for a quorum vote on Scott Walker's budget bill by leaving out the fiscal …