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Where Is the Democrats’ Outrage?
Eugene Robinson: Shame on Republicans for blocking long-term unemployment benefits for 1.3 million Americans. And shame on Democrats for letting them.
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Henry A. Giroux | Reclaiming the Radical Imagination: Challenging Casino Capitalism’s Punishing Factories
Henry Giroux: Cultivating the radical imagination, civic education and critical modes of literacy are central to producing an informed citizenry, but even more so to constituting any viable notion …
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Lobbying for Iran War, AIPAC’s Napkin Is Half-Empty
Robert Naiman: Blowing up President Obama's diplomacy with Iran would be the foreign policy equivalent of repealing ObamaCare.
North Carolina: Battleground State
This week on Moyers & Company, "State of Conflict: North Carolina" offers a documentary report from a state that votes both blue and red and sometimes purple.
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The Return of Bill Bratton and the Silencing of a Movement
"We say NO to the status quo. Bill Bratton has got to go!"
Populism Rising?
If the populist movement spreads, it wonu2019t be a Beltway phenomenon. As Occupy demonstrated, it will disrupt business as usual.
Could We Make Opposition to Iran War Obligatory for Blue State Democrats?
Robert Naiman: It's not obvious that most blue state Democrats understand that support for new sanctions on Iran now will be scored as support for war.
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Yes Virginia, Obama and the Democrats Are Mussolini-Style Corporatists, Just Like the Republicans
It's going to take a lot more pressure than we see now from ordinary citizens to shake up this cozy duopoly.
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A Ploy to Dilute the Democratic Party’s Message
While Third Way wears a Democratic mask, it pushes for policies that are Wall Street fantasies, including gutting and privatizing Social Security.
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President Karzai, Stand Tall Against US Pressure to Sign the Troop Deal
For most Americans, it's win-win for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to stand up to Washington: US troops would come home, or peace talks would begin.