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Koch Industries Draws on Big Tobacco for New PR Hires
Who is in the PR stable the billionaire brothers have assembled?
New Orleans: Recovery or Removal?
How have federal, state and city policies affected the people of New Orleans?
We Need to Fix Our Democracy: Lawrence Lessig Weighs Presidential Run to Rid Money From Politics
Experts predict as much as $10 billion could be spent by candidates, parties and outside groups on the 2016 campaign.
Puerto Rico Will Find Many Friends if It Breaks With Colonial Condition
Argentine sociologist Atilio Boron discusses Puerto Rico as a colony of the United States.
Sen. Bernie Sanders: The Financial Rules Are Rigged to Favor the 1%
Sanders convened a panel to discuss the debt crisis in Greece.
Greek Prime Minister Resigns, Calls for New Election as Syriza Splits
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced his resignation on Thursday.
War Begets War Refugees: The Moral Bankruptcy of Italy and NATO
Now that the refugee crisis is worsening, it behooves NATO to deal with the problem.
The Politics of Fear: Why Donald Trump Is No Laughing Matter
Donald Trump embodies many of the damaging characteristics and principles that have defined the United States for centuries.
From “Hope and Change” to “Hope for Change“
Americans are still ready for a political revolution.
William Rivers Pitt | Jimmy Carter and the Happening of History
The fact that Jimmy Carter's administration is today dismissed as some sort of afterthought is amazingly foolish, and a disservice to the people.