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Chris Hayes and Erica Payne: Our Dysfunctional Election
More GRITtv "Vulnerable Democrats are begging donors for cash — $2,400 at a time, while their colleagues are sitting on millions of dollars they could unleash with a pen …
Capital Controls, “Currency Wars” and New Global Financial Architecture
For those of us advocating change in the global financial architecture, the last few months have been fairly exhilarating. Let’s recap…
Foreclosure Crisis Hits Home
Earlier this month, Bank of America (BOA), the country's largest bank, announced a moratorium on foreclosures in all 50 states.
Mortgage Investors Join Outcry Against Banks
Homeowners, and at times the government, have long complained that banks and other companies that service mortgages aren’t good at their job of collecting monthly payments, modifying loans and …
Leave ‘Em in the Locker Room: Pro Athletes Make Lousy Public Officials
Old sportswriters are always being asked for tips on big games. Here’s one for the biggest game on the schedule: never vote for a jock.
Koch-Funded Americans for Prosperity Push Proposition 23 at Official RNC Rally in California
On Saturday, the Republican National Committee (RNC) held a large “Victory Rally,” which ThinkProgress attended, just outside Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was the highlight …
A Stieg Larsson Nightmare: Sweden Lurches to the Right
The Sweden Democrats, a 20-plus-year-old, right-wing political party steeped in racism and Islamophobia, won 20 seats in Sweden's Parliament in the country's mid-September election. How the Tea Party movement's …
Why Christine O
Drawing on her experience as an “itinerant feminist organizer,” WMC Progressive Women’s Voices alumna Shelby Knox explains why the seemingly fringe views of Delaware’s GOP Senate candidate are no …
Public Opinion Snapshot: The Public’s Lack of Enthusiasm for Cutting Government
If you listened to conservatives and some media accounts you’d think there was an enormous public groundswell to reduce the size of government as rapidly as possible. But that …
Lawyers for Guantanamo Detainee Omar Khadr Still Negotiating Plea Deal
Lawyers for Omar Khadr are negotiating a plea deal that would sentence him to eight years in prison for several charges, including attempted murder, conspiracy and material support of …