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Democrat Patty Murray Holds Onto Her Senate Seat, Just Barely
In the next-to-last US Senate race to be determined, Sen. Patty Murray (D) of Washington State has won reelection. That leaves just Alaska, where incumbent Lisa Murkowski – a …
Tea Party Vows to Block Campaign Finance Reform
Anonymous millionaires just helped elect dozens of ultraconservative congressional candidates, by pumping millions of dollars into national Tea Party organizations. And guess what's at the top of the legislative …
News in Brief: Feds Support Ruling Against Biotech Gene Patents, and More
Surprise - Feds Support Ruling Against Biotech Gene Patents
Missing: A Vision of Economic Possibility
It is now the morning after. Republicans, as expected, are celebrating a sweeping victory. Democrats are licking their wounds. Meanwhile, record numbers of people are still contending with the …
When China Exports, Everyone Pays
Recently, many commentators have equated recent European complaints about the weak American dollar with American complaints about the undervalued Chinese renminbi. Take, for example, commentary published Oct. 14 in …
How House Committees Will Change Under GOP Rule
Washington - The Republican takeover of the House of Representatives will mean a new lineup of powerful committee chairmen devoted to tough fiscal discipline, dramatic changes in health care …
A Progressive Primary to Push for Jobs and End the Wars
It's bad enough that we lost progressive champions like Russ Feingold, and that the leadership and committees of the House will be taken over by advocates of domestic austerity …
Guantánamo, Exception or Rule? All-American Justice for a Child Soldier at Obama
When I was down in Guantánamo a few months ago, a veteran German journalist let it slip that she didn’t much care for the place. “This,” she confided in …
Joe Conason | The Tea Party and the Midterms
The urge to punish politicians is understandable no matter who is in power, because they inevitably disappoint the fond hopes of their admirers and raise the hackles of their …
Who’s That Hiding Behind the Tea Party?
The tea party spoke! Loudly, powerfully and proudly. But besides, “Throw the bums out,” what did it say? And now that the party part is over and the nasty …