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Understanding the Attacks on Public Employees
You can barely open a newspaper or turn on a radio without hearing about states and local governments bankrupted by high-paid public employees, their pensions and their unions. How …
Jews’ Insecurity Blocking US Mideast Peace Plan
There's a media drumbeat growing for Barack Obama to treat the Israeli leadership like addicts: stop waiting for them to help themselves, recognize that they are powerless to do …
Eugene Robinson | Guns and Responsibility
Washington - We may not be sure that the bloodbath in Tucson had anything to do with politics, but we know it had everything to do with our nation's …
Tea Party Billionaire David Koch Denies Climate Change, Shrugs Off His Carbon Pollution
This week, ThinkProgress conducted an impromptu interview with David Koch — one of the richest men in America, co-owner of the conglomerate Koch Industries, and a top financier of …
A Common Currency, Rather Than Common Sense
Congratulations are in order for Estonia, and also perhaps condolences. The nation officially joined the euro zone on Jan. 1 — an impressive achievement, symbolic of the country’s transformation …
Tom DeLay Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
A judge in Austin, Texas on Monday sentenced former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to three years in prison for his role in orchestrating a scheme to illegally …
Protests at Fort Campbell Over Deployment of Wounded Soldier
A soldier at Fort Campbell, Kentucky is being forced to return to Afghanistan this week amidst claims he is not fit to deploy because he has not received treatment …
Michael Winship | Hate Speech, the Right’s Magic Bullet
The Russian playwright Anton Chekhov had a rule: if you show a gun in the first act, by the time the curtain falls, it has to go off. For …
News in Brief: Haiti Earthquake Funds May Have Been Misused, and More
Haiti Earthquake Funds May Have Been Misused