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NOW | Has the Democratic Party Traded Principles for Power?
Has the Democratic Party abandoned support of reproductive rights? Next on “NOW.”
US, Karzai Clash on Unconditional Talks With Taliban
Kabul - On the surface, it would seem unlikely that Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who presides over a politically feeble government and is highly dependent on the U.S. military …
Obama’s Budget Calls for Billions in New Spending for Drones
This is how major US defense contractors reacted to the unveiling of President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2011 spending plan for the Pentagon, part of the president's overall $3.8 …
President Obama and the CIA: What Must Be Done
This is the second and final installment of Melvin Goodman's series on the Obama administration and the intelligence community. Part one can be read here. New presidents (and President …
Robert Reich | Our Incredible Shrinking Democracy
I wish conservatives would stop complaining about big government and start worrying about the real problem – small democracy. I wish we'd all worry more about our incredible shrinking …
Eugene Robinson | The Scott Brown Brand
Washington - When I heard Scott Brown, the newly elected senator from Massachusetts, describe himself as a “Scott Brown Republican,” I groaned. It sounded as if he's coming to …
Reign of Moloch
Youth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability? Henry A. Giroux Palgrave MacMillan, 2009 When, in a casual aside during a Macroeconomics lecture at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton …
The Quiet Revolution: Obama Has Reinvented the State
Obama has reinvented the state in more ways than you can imagine. These days, liberals don't know whether to feel betrayed by or merely disappointed with Barack Obama. They …
Obama’s One-Dollar Promise to Women
One of the most important promises made by President Obama in his State of the Union address has been largely overlooked: his promise to "crack down on violations of …
Prop 8 Trial Week Three: The Cliffhanger
The fabled trial to overturn Proposition 8 in California is wrapping up after almost three weeks of testimony, and it's looking good for the plaintiffs who support same-sex marriage. …