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Rangel Found Guilty of 11 Ethics Violations
Let’s Pass Some Laws Before the Republicans Head Into Town (After All, That’s What They’d Do)
Dear Congressional Democrats: Welcome back to our nation's capital for your one final session of the 111th Congress. Come January, the Republicans will take over the House while the …
Living in the Age of Imposed Amnesia: The Eclipse of Democratic Formative Culture
We live in an age in which punitive justice and a theater of cruelty have become the defining elements of a mainstream cultural apparatus that trades in historical and …
Will “Free Trade” Save Obama in 2012?
According to the editors of The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times, with Republicans taking over the House and measured unemployment at 9.6 percent, …
2010 Election Over; Seven-Point Plan for 2012
Election day 2010 is so yesterday. Today and tomorrow, progressive women - who constitute up to 60 percent of the Democrats' base - had better regroup and start a …
Internet Access as the Next Civil Rights Battle?
The ongoing, often arcane, battle over whether telecommunications companies may slow certain online services and charge fees to speed up others has morphed into a civil rights controversy.
Source: US Envoy Offered Combat Troops for Iraq After Deadline
Washington - A special envoy from President Barack Obama raised the possibility in a secret meeting with senior Iraqi military and civilian officials in Baghdad Sep. 23 that his …
Air Force Academy Excludes Group That Exposed Proselytizing of Military Personnel From “Religious Respect” Conference
Update at the end of this report. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), a watchdog group that aims to ensure that members of the US Armed Forces receive their …
Charles Rangel: What Did He Gain by Walking Out of His Ethics Trial?
Charles Rangel walked out of his congressional ethics trial in protest on Monday. Why did he refuse to defend himself? After all, if the House eventually condemns him (or …
At the Federal Reserve, It’s Lonely at the Top
While people like me see the Federal Reserve’s recent actions as far too timid, there’s a substantial faction out there that thinks they will very soon bring about the …