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Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity Battles Stephen Colbert’s March to Keep Fear Alive
Boston - Mark your calendars. The Rally to Restore Sanity and the March to Keep Fear Alive will be held on Oct. 30 on the National Mall in Washington. …
One in Three Americans Lacked the Income Needed to “Make Ends Meet” in 2009
Today the Census Bureau released a report on trends in income, including median income, income inequality and income poverty, and health insurance coverage between 2008 and 2009. As expected …
Eugene Robinson | Master of the Palin Affect
Washington - Not to spoil the fun, but Democrats shouldn't take the Republican Party's bitter internal warfare — and the inexperienced, flaky candidates who've emerged from the fray — …
David Sirota | Synthetic Novelty Is Not Reality
A week removed from the ninth anniversary of 9/11, after all the sound and fury has temporarily subsided, we can look back and know that we have just witnessed …
News in Brief: For-Profit Schools Donating to Lawmakers to Oppose New Financial Aid Rules, and More
For-profit colleges have increased their lobbying efforts considerably in the face of proposed new financial regulations, reported ProPublica. The industry says the regulations, which would create a two-part test …
Jon Stewart | Elizabeth Warren’s Greatest Hits (video)
Elizabeth Warren's Greatest Hits from MoveOn.org Official Channel on Vimeo.
Obama Puts Bark in Consumer Watchdog: Elizabeth Warren
Washington - President Barack Obama's decision to appoint Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren on Friday to oversee the creation of the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection cheered …
Senate Passes Small-Business Jobs Bill, Opening Tax Cut Battle
Washington - With midterm elections 47 days out, the last few weeks of Congress are all about jobs, especially those created by small business. Two Republicans broke party ranks …
Robert Reich | The Crackpot Gap
After the victories of many of the insurgent primary candidates she's sponsored, Sarah Palin is off to Iowa today (Friday) for a high-profile series of political events. Is it …
Senate Delays Talks on West Coast Drilling Bans
Plans by the Senate Interior Department to pass a bill that would have blocked West Coast offshore drilling have been delayed, according to a statement from the Senate Appropriations …