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A Progressive-Tea Party Foreign Policy Coalition? Don’t Hold Your Breath (2)
For those of us who wearied of the “rejection of progressivism” storyline tailing the midterm election results before even the first votes were counted, a new and potentially more …
The Lies of Islamophobia: The Three Unfinished Wars of the West Against the Rest
The Muslims were bloodthirsty and treacherous. They conducted a sneak attack against the French army and slaughtered every single soldier, 20,000 in all. More than 1,000 years ago, in …
A Progressive-Tea Party Foreign Policy Coalition? Don’t Hold Your Breath
For those of us who wearied of the “rejection of progressivism” storyline tailing the midterm election results before even the first votes were counted, a new and potentially more …
ForeclosureGate Could Force Bank Nationalization
For two years, politicians have danced around the nationalization issue, but ForeclosureGate may be the last straw. The megabanks are too big to fail, but they aren't too big …
Robert Scheer | Payback at the Polls
Let's not shoot the messenger. Yes, the tea party victors are a mixed bag espousing often contradictory and at times weird positions, the source of their funding is questionable, …
Balance of Power 2010: Truthout’s Live Election Blog
Welcome to Truthout's Election Day blog, Balance of Power 2010. Here we'll document the details of this historic election as it unfolds. Stay with us for up-to-the minute coverage …
On a Volatile Election Day, California Supports Democrats
While election results remain tensely in the air for states like Nevada and Alaska, which have received nationwide attention for their high-profile senatorial and governor campaigns, early California voters …
The New York Times Gets Women Voters Wrong
New York Times Los Angeles bureau chief Adam Nagourney can't seem to figure out why the latest polls in California show that Republicans Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, a …
Our Ignorance and Our Interests: Why We Need to Learn More, Not Less, about Islam and the Arab World
When the Texas Board of Education (TSBE) passed a resolution late last month decrying the “pro-Islamic/anti-Christian bias [that] has tainted … Texas Social Studies textbooks,” indicating that they would …
Where are the Obama Youth? Busy Building Their Own Futures
It’s a Thursday afternoon and Romero Jackson is busy mapping outreach plans for Milwaukee’s North Side, home to some of the city’s youngest and hardest to reach potential voters. …