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Campaign Spending by Outside Groups Tops $257 Million
Washington - With a week to go before the elections, independent groups, most of them with sharp partisan leanings, have spent $257.7 million to influence political campaigns, nearly quadrupling …
Leaked Report, New Iraqi Alignment Reveal US War Failure
Washington - A newly released Wikileaks document on Iraq and the new political alignment between Moqtada al-Sadr and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki both provide fresh evidence that Gen. …
Zach Carter | Foreclosuregate Fallout: How Bad Can It Get for Wall Street?
Foreclosure fraud is ruffling a lot of feathers on Wall Street, and while the full scope of losses remains unclear, even major banks are now acknowledging that this is …
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 …