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Olbermann Said to Be Going to Current TV
11:02 a.m. | Updated - Keith Olbermann, the former MSNBC anchor, will host a prime time program for Current TV, the low-rated cable channel co-founded by Al Gore. The …
House Democrats Fight GOP’s “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act“
House Judiciary Democrats held a meeting Tuesday to fight the Republican-backed “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” a bill that seeks to ban federal coverage of abortion in certain …
Egypt Details Reforms as Protest Takes on New Life
Cairo - As the authorities and protesters struggle to grasp the see-sawing initiative in Egypt’s 15-day-old revolt, the government of Hosni Mubarak unveiled new pledges of reform on Tuesday, …
David Swanson | War Is Racism by Other Means
What makes the most fantastic and undocumented war-launching and war-prolonging lies credible are differences and prejudices, against others and in favor of our own. Without religious bigotry, racism, and …
Memo to Obama: Anything but Democracy Now for Egypt is Building on Sand
Add Barack Obama to the long list of statesmen who couldn’t solve the Riddle of the Sphinx. For a while last week it looked like a miracle was happening: …
Dave Johnson | Obama to Chamber: Be Patriotic and Move Jobs Back to America
President Obama today appealed to the patriotism of the members of the Chamber of Commerce to begin investing in America again, to begin bringing factories and jobs back and …
Eugene Robinson | Reagan’s Democrats
Washington - As we mark the centennial of Ronald Reagan's birth, one of our major political parties has become imbued with the Gipper's political philosophy and governing style. I …
State Budget Cutbacks Lead to an Unexpected Silver Lining: Prison Reform
Over the past few years, states have acutely felt the pain of our nation’s economic woes. As some governors cope with revenue shortfalls by raising taxes and others enact …
What Can We Do to Support Egypt?: Address in Solidarity With the Popular Revolution
We have all been moved by the courageous actions of the Egyptian people in recent weeks. In response to their inspiring example, we might ask the following question: What …
Can We Please Stop Blaming Immigrants?
Hostility in the United States toward immigrants has risen sharply in recent years. The strongest sign of this was the law signed last April by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, …