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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.
Self-Dealing in Government: No. 1 Impediment to Reform
The public hears about the deluge of corrupting money in the system, but they need individual examples to understand.
“Losing” the World: American Decline in Perspective
(Photo: abbyladybug) Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated — Japan’s attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example. Others are ignored, and we can …
Wisconsin Recall Petition Delivery
Delegates from counties throughout Wisconsin marched from the Monona Terrace to the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB) on Tuesday. They presented the GAB with a few representative boxes of …