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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Violence in Syria May Have Finally Reached a Tipping Point, and More
In today's On the News segment: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has relied on out-of-state donors to bankroll his campaign, The New York Times is out with a new piece reporting …
Elizabeth Warren: Yes She Can?
Right now, as Warren and Brown meet voters, they are telling their stories as political parables, loaded with ideas about opportunity versus just deserts, social investment versus making your …
Caught on Tape: Governor Walker Plans for a Single-Party State
The video was originally taken by a documentary filmaker in January 2011
US Media Giants Reel as FCC Orders Disclosure of Rates for Billion-Dollar TV Campaign Advertising
During this year’s election, political analysts estimate as much as $5 billion will be spent on TV campaign advertising. Now, a new ruling by the Federal Communication Commission requires …
First Lawmaker Loses His Seat Over Ties to K Street
Pennsylvania Congressman Tim Holden. (Photo: National Milk Producers Federation) In one of the most watched primary elections tonight, incumbent Democratic Congressman Tim Holden (D-PA) lost to attorney Matt Cartwright. …
The “Suicidal State” and the War on Youth
For over thirty years, the North American public has been reared on a neoliberal dystopian vision.
Let the Million Flowers Bloom
There's something happening here, and it is exactly clear. We are in a savagely perilous place.
Gated Intellectuals: Toward a Borderless Pedagogy in the Occupy Movement
Gated intellectuals do not work with ideas, but sound bites.
Not Even a Fig Leaf: The Blatant Self-Dealing of Chairman McKeon
Chairman Howard “Buck” McKeon has taken self-dealing to new heights.
The Scorched-Earth Politics of America’s Four Fundamentalisms
Governance is in the hands of corporate power and the US increasingly exhibits the traits of a failed state.