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Barack Obama
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How Obama Could Kill the Democratic Party
In the coming weeks, the president is expected to announce his new budget plan for fiscal year 2015, again putting Social Security at risk.
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FCC Considers New Net Neutrality Rules
The FCC says it will write new net neutrality rules to prevent telecommunications companies from discriminating against web content.
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Food Fight Fizzles
The $956 billion farm bill that President Obama signed into law on Feb. 7 got mixed reviews from progressive advocates.
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The 2014 Elections Have Already Happened
When all the memories that hold are about possession and not sharing, no one attacks the fundamental principles of market rule because everyone is too deeply tied to the …
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Quit Talking About Equal Pay and Do Something
It's a hallmark of the Obama presidency: talk about change, but not deliver any. Will the president's pledge on equal pay suffer the same fate?
DPA and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) Introduce Bill Allowing Drug Czar to Speak the Truth About Marijuana
President Obama has said that marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol and that legalization in Colorado and Washington should move forward.
No Fast Track to TPP: Fix NAFTA First
It is not only the wrong time to bring fast track up for a vote in Congress, it is time to scrap the TPP agreement. Instead we need to …
Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn Spark Lively and Thoughtful Exchange on Rag Radio
In our Rag Radio interview we discuss Ayers' acclaimed two-volume memoir u2014 and the era it documents. Bill also addresses the 2008 presidential campaign.
John Pilger | “Good” and “Bad” War – and the Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting
By 2020, China will be ringed by US missiles and nuclear weapons-armed aircraft, increasing tension. Will this history be forgotten, as was the US empire's expansion into Korea after …
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Wisconsin Republican Petri Should Be Investigated for Conflict of Interest
Wisconsin Republican Rep. Tom Petri went to bat in Congress for a Pentagon contractor that he reportedly owns hundreds of thousands of dollars of stock in.