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Millions Spent by 487 Organizations to Influence TPP Outcome
487 clients paid lobbyists to meet with lawmakers to discuss the trade pact.
Remembering Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015): “We Have to Change Ourselves in Order to Change the World”
The legendary Detroit activist and philosopher Grace Lee Boggs died Monday at the age of 100.
Ayotzinapa: Necropolitics and the Media Become Judge and Jury
Necropolitics: where the state has the “power and the capacity to dictate who may live and who must die.”
France’s Government Aims to Give Itself – and the NSA – Carte Blanche to Spy on the World
By legalizing France's own plans to spy on the rest of the world, France would take a step to establishing the NSA model as an acceptable global norm.
How Conservative State “Think Tanks” Will Spin ALEC’s 2016 Agenda
A shadowy network of state-based, right-wing think tanks and advocacy groups will convene with Koch operatives.
Brick and Mortar: Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Work
Municipal workers break their backs to create and maintain this civil society.
“The Donald’s” Finances and the Art of Ignoring Conflicts and Contradictions
It's time to dig beneath the carefully crafted persona that is Trump and unearth the person and the full spectrum of his business dealings.
Kevin McCarthy Shouldn’t Be Speaker
McCarthy has no business being two heartbeats away from the White House.
Noam Chomsky on the Potential for Ordinary People to Make Radical Change
“A real political alternative would be across the board, not just a figure in the White House.”
Will Mitch McConnell Be Resigning Next?
Politicos see John Boehner's resignation as a means of saving face, politically. Is Mitch McConnell next on the chopping block?