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The Powerful “Coincidence” of 2010 Campaign Words
Words matter unless they don't, in 2010. On this side of the Pond, Tony Blair glibly slammed Gordon Brown on the BBC this week, whilst releasing his memoir at …
Secure Communities Opt-Out May Be on the Table
As the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Secure Communities program continues to expand aggressively, ICE is finally suggesting a procedure for local jurisdictions to opt out of the newest …
How Democrats Can Avoid the Shrapnel in November
To say that the American people are angry is an understatement. The political brain of Americans today reflects a volatile mixture of fear and fury, and when you mix …
How Ruthless Banks Gutted the Black Middle Class and Got Away With It
The real estate and foreclosure crisis has stripped African-American families of more wealth than any single event in history.
Texas BP Lawsuit Hardly a Harbinger of Change
Overshadowed by the explosion on Deepwater Horizon and the subsequent hemorrhaging of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, water pollution was only one of tragedies that marred April 2010. …
Will Militant Abortion Foe Christine O
Wednesday morning, Americans were greeted with the blood-curdling news that the far-right, tea-party-backed candidate Joe Miller had defeated Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's Senate primary race. It marked the tea …
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Washington - A surprisingly small number of scientists have studied the impacts of the oil spill resulting from the 1979 blowout at the Ixtoc I oil rig in the …
Robert Reich | The Great Jobs Depression Worsens
The Great Jobs Depression continues to worsen. The Labor Department reports this morning that companies created ony 67,000 new jobs in August. That’s down from the 107,000 they created …
States Pass Staggering Array of Anti-Choice Laws, Policies and Ballot Measures
Live in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arizona, Missouri or Louisiana? The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) wants you to know that, with the implementation of health care reform in 2014, you …
Arizona Politics: You Have Now Entered the Twilight Zone
After watching Wednesday's Arizona gubernatorial debate, I noticed a comment on my Facebook page opining that if Gov. Jan Brewer wins the election after her abysmal and somewhat bizarre …