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The World Should Be Watching India’s “Common Man” Coup
A few months ago, India's Aam Aadmi Party was a curiosity; now, it's a call for pro-democracy movements elsewhere to step up their game.
North Carolina Republicans Raise Taxes on Working Families While Giving Huge Tax Breaks to Millionaires and Corporations
Bill Black: North Carolina drops progressive tax code by instituting a flat tax and eliminating earned income tax credit.
How the US Used a “Terrorism” Ploy to Attack Islamic Charity to Iran
Federal prosecutors continue to target Islamic charities and their donors, as illustrated by the recent prosecution of a couple in Portland, Oregon.
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Why Cory Booker Is Trying to Deep-Six Obama’s Historic Efforts at Peacemaking with Iran
The newly minted New Jersey senator has joined forces with the countryu2019s most reactionary forces in foreign policy.
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Anatomy of an Obamacare “Horror Story“
Texas daily went digging for victims of the ACA and Surprise! Reporter unearthed three Tea Partiers who hate the new law.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Delays Vote on Unemployment Benefits, and More
On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had to delay a crucial vote on unemployment benefits so that Republican lawmakers could finalize their list of demands, and more.
Win Today, Lose Tomorrow: Why Republicans Protect the “Honor” of Offensive Team Names
There may be no bigger headache for the team owner Dan Snyder than the matter of his franchise's name: the Redskins. It's offensive, and a growing number of activists …
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Is President Obama Too Democratic? Gates and Others Think So
Instead of revealing President Barack Obama as a weak and inadequate Commander-in-Chief, it appears that former Secretary of War Robert Gates' new book, “Memoirs of a Secretary of War,” …
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GOP Economic Sabotage Continues With Filibuster of Jobless Benefits
Republicans are engaged in yet more hostage-taking obstruction.
Chris Hedges | The Trouble With Chris Christie
The bridgegate scandal is a window into how federal agencies and the security and surveillance apparatus would be routinely employed in a Christie presidency to punish anyone who challenged …