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Voters Turn on Anti-Choice Extremism
Extreme anti-choice views don’t do well politically. As Election Day comes ever-closer, and Democrats are looking like they’re going to win elections they would have easily lost if they …
Cliff Schecter | Midterms: Money Changes Everything
Political donations from nefarious groups are strangling US democracy, and a former Bush adviser is cashing in.
Campaign Spending by Outside Groups Tops $257 Million
Washington - With a week to go before the elections, independent groups, most of them with sharp partisan leanings, have spent $257.7 million to influence political campaigns, nearly quadrupling …
Leaked Report, New Iraqi Alignment Reveal US War Failure
Washington - A newly released Wikileaks document on Iraq and the new political alignment between Moqtada al-Sadr and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki both provide fresh evidence that Gen. …
Zach Carter | Foreclosuregate Fallout: How Bad Can It Get for Wall Street?
Foreclosure fraud is ruffling a lot of feathers on Wall Street, and while the full scope of losses remains unclear, even major banks are now acknowledging that this is …
Friends, Romans, Countrymen: We Are Ages Apart
The United States is not ancient Rome - we are not Romans, and they were not Americans. In an Oct. 2 column in The New York Times, Thomas L. …
Norman Solomon | Top “Tossup” House Race for Progressives: Raul Grijalva
On Sunday, when The New York Times put a “tossup” label on three dozen House races with Democrats running for re-election, there were very few genuine progressives involved. In …
Socialism? The Rich Are Winning the US Class War: Facts Show Rich Getting Richer, Everyone Else Poorer
The rich and their paid false prophets are doing a bang-up job deceiving the poor and middle class. They have convinced many that an evil socialism is alive in …
News in Brief: Karzai Acknowledged His Office Took Money From Both Iran and US, and More
Karzai Acknowledged His Office Took Money From Both Iran and US
Campaign Cash: How Citizens United Will Change Elections Forever
Undue corporate influence over U.S. elections has been a serious problem in American politics for decades, but this year’s Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission …