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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 …
Funding Post-Crisis Recovery in Africa: Aid vs. Domestic Revenue Mobilization
The Triple Crisis Blog is pleased to welcome Eric Ogunleye, a Research Fellow at the African Center for Economic Transformation in Accra, Ghana, as a regular blogger.
Keeping Fear Alive: The Deficit Hawks Push Their Agenda
The deficit hawks must believe that they are in the home stretch of their drive to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits since they seem to be pulling out …
New Report: Racism Still Pollutes Tea Party Ranks
Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann (R-MN), head of the Tea Party Caucus in Congress, constantly dismisses charges about racism roiling within the ranks of the Tea Party, despite her fingerprints frequently …
Chris Hedges | The World Liberal Opportunists Made
The lunatic fringe of the Republican Party, which looks set to make sweeping gains in the midterm elections, is the direct result of a collapse of liberalism. It is …
Measure to Legalize Marijuana Trails in California, if Polls Are Right
Los Angeles - If this is Friday, California's ballot measure to legalize marijuana use for adults must be ... losing? That, indeed, is the result of the latest poll …