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A House Divided: This Time, Between the People and the Corporations
Bryan Henry: Both conservatives and liberals need to rally around the American family to keep the corporate landlords at bay.
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On Filibuster, It’s Past Time to End “False Equivalence“
Andrew Cohen: The Senate's dubious vote on gun background checks last Wednesday is a study in at least three different layers of failure.
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Tribune Company Scribes: Koch Brothers Purchase Could Turn Papers Into “Conservative Mouthpiece“
Hard-right ideology and lack of experience drives reporters' fear of Koch takeover.
Plan B Ruling: Fox and Family Research Council Seize Opportunity to Spread Misinformation
Deconstructing Fox News' and the Family Research Council's misinformation campaign in response to the recent Plan B court ruling allowing girls to obtain the morning after pill without a …
Filmmaker Robert Greenwald on “War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State”
A new film directed by Robert Greenwald looks at four whistleblowers who had their lives practically destroyed after they went to the press with evidence of government wrongdoing.
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Boston Police: One Marathon Bomb Suspect Dead, Second at Large
After an officer shooting Thursday night, one of the suspects in the bombings was apprehended and has died.
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The Dis-Uniting of America
Robert Reich: Anyone who wants to understand the dis-uniting of America needs to see how dramatically we're segregating geographically by income and wealth.
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Climbing Heartbreak Hill
William Rivers Pitt: This is Boston. Like our brothers and sisters in this grim fellowship, we are made of sterner stuff.
Dave Zirin Writes from the Busy Intersection of Sports and Politics
In this wide-ranging interview, Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation and author of Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down discusses violence, mental health, …
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The Internet Is in Danger of Being Strangled by Commercialism
Robert W. McChesney writes of the growing corrupting influence of advertising on the internet.