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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
After Lecturing DC on His “Prudent Fiscal Decisions,” Perry
Back in September, Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) guessed that his state was facing a $10-11 billion budget shortfall for its fiscal 2012-2013 budget, and refused to entertain reports that …