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Bill Moyers: Obamacare – The Right Wing’s Alamo
Bill takes on the Republican Party for their relentless attempts to kill the Affordable Care Act.
House Passes Deregulation Bill Written by Citigroup
Bill Black: Both parties support Wall Street's effort to deregulate derivatives.
Political Cowardice Is Political Courage
It seems telling that the most vocal people fervently endorsing many elements of the reform agenda have either a political or economic stake in moving those policies forward.
US Chamber Contributors Almost Completely Secret, Public Citizen Study Finds
A new Public Citizen report shows the vast majority of the U.S. Chamber's annual expenditures comes from undisclosed sources.
Occupy Sandy: One Year After The Storm
Our people-powered movement built something incredible, but we need your help to continue to move forward.
Hymn to the Koch Brothers
Donu2019t be ashamed, my Koch Brothers; the world is full of students whou2019ve begun to lose a grip on their bladders.
No Glory in War for this Veteran
Glorification of war has become support for more war, for accepting the easy violence of war instead of the difficult peaceful resolution of human problems.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Many States Don’t Require a Background Check to Buy a Gun, and More
In many states around our nation, you don't need a background check to buy a gun, and more.
Captain Phillips Doesn’t Explain Why Somali Pirates Exist
Though the extent to which Phillips falls short of the movieu2019s exaltation is somewhat surprising, the filmu2019s depiction of Somalis is not.
Ideological Disaster – An Analysis
All such shortsighted ideologies have proven unrealistic, and so have failed. Unfortunately, they have wreaked havoc in the meantime.