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The World’s First Meaningful Billboard Tax Passes in Toronto
Corporate creep, the profit-minded takeover of public space, is not unlike a roach infestation: stomach-churning, not pretty, and always a losing battle. Yet the battle rages on. The issues …
Voting-Machine Firms’ Merger Sparks Anti-Trust Investigation in Florida
Florida's attorney general is investigating a voting-machine company merger that has voting-rights groups worried that the move will concentrate too much power over democracy in one private company. …
Ask Questions Later: Victims Are Too Often Deported
Editors Note: This story is the fourth in a five-part series by the Kansas City Star. Part one in this special investigation provided an overview of a broken US …
Will the Senate Health Care Bill Give Some Employers a Free Ride?
Washington DC - As the debate in the Senate over health care intensifies, a new analysis from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) cautions that the Senate …
House Passes $154 Billion Jobs Bill; Progressives Launch New Coalition to Fight for More Aid
With heavy defections from Blue Dog Democrats, the House of Representatives still narrowly passed Wednesday evening, 217 to 212, a $154 billion jobs package. It included funds for states …
$57,077.60 Surging by the Minute
$57,077.60. That’s what we’re paying per minute. Keep that in mind — just for a minute or so.
Documents Suggest Bush White House Failed to Search for Libby’s “Missing” Emails Subpoenaed in CIA Leak Probe
Between late 2005 and January 2006, the Bush administration tried to recover “lost” emails from staffers who worked in the Office of the Vice President (OVP), an effort centered …
E.J. Dionne Jr. | The Democrats’ Bush Nostalgia
Washington - Here's what Democrats need to ponder: Can they prosper in the absence of George W. Bush? His presidency was a tonic for Democrats and led to …
Robert Borosage | Bernanke: Time’s Man of the Year
Time Magazine's naming Ben Bernanke “Man of the Year” is a little bit like celebrating an arsonist for his heroics in putting out a fire that he set. Bernanke …
VIDEO | Olbermann: Ruined Senate Bill Unsupportable
Olbermann: Conservatives Have Destroyed This Version of Health Reform Part I