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Manchurian Senators
People are doing journalism and the Washington Post is pissed. How to respond? Apparently the answer arrived at by Post editors is to just give up on any Americans …
J Street’s Wrong Turn in the War of Narratives
J Street, the most prominent American pro-Israel, pro-peace group, has packed its 2011 national conference with sessions on nearly every aspect of the Israel-Palestine conflict, US Mideast policy and …
This Modern World: The Non-Acquiescers of the Northernmost Plains!
Dying Education in the “Blossoming” Iraqi Democracy
While Anglo-Saxon universities are boasting of their so-called “glorious role” in the reconstruction of Iraqi academia (See f.i. U of A helping create an education revolution in Iraq)(1), Iraq's …
If at First You Don’t Secede …
Progressive eyes rightly have been transfixed on Wisconsin of late, with the en masse display of “people power” directly confronting attempts to erode public infrastructure and eviscerate the leverage …
Rachel Maddow | Naomi Klein: GOP Strategy for Disaster Capitalism (Video)
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Naomi Klein, author of “The Shock Doctrine,” talks with Rachel Maddow about Republicans using economic crisis (real …
State Health Law Waivers: Where Will They Take Us?
The president supports state innovation in health care, but vigilance is required to ensure state reforms improve health as we continue to call for national reform. President …
Discord Fills Washington on Possible Libya Intervention
Washington - Nearly three weeks after Libya erupted in what may now turn into a protracted civil war, the politics of military intervention to speed the ouster of Col. …
From “Morning in America” to the Nightmare on Main Street
Increasingly, the unthinkable emerges in American life as austerity measures are transformed into a specifically deadly way of exercising modes of sovereignty and government power.
Unequal Protection: The Battle to Save Democracy
Over the past century, corporations have repeatedly asserted that they are, in fact, “persons” and therefore eligible for the human rights protections of the Bill of Rights -- while …