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Billionare Koch Responds to Buffet, Refuses Call for Shared Sacrifice
America’s current tax system forces people making $50,000 a year to pay a higher rate than hedge fund managers making $2.4 million an hour. Warren Buffett penned an op-ed …
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Terrorism in the Eye of the Beholder
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Major Backlash at Right-Wing Ohio Governor Has Him Scrambling for “Compromise” With Progressives
Ohio Republican Governor John Kasich talks on the phone before speaking at a press conference with his running mate, Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce …
Why the Mainstream Media Are Clueless About the Religious Right
Thousands of participants sing and pray inside Reliant Stadium during “The Response,” a Christian-themed prayer serviced called for by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in Houston, August 6, 2011. (Photo: …
“Reverse Racism”: A Sad Misnomer for a Tragic Mississippi Murder
The “double-r words” have been invoked again. I bristle every time I hear the term “reverse racism” applied in a new context. It’s kind of like the blogger at …
Robert Reich, Class of ’68, Speaks at Dartmouth “Leading Voices” Summer Lecture Series
Bachmann’s Iowa Straw Poll Win Signals Early Tea Party Role in Shaping GOP Primary (2)
The race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination heated up this weekend as Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll and Texas Gov. Rick Perry formally announced …
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America’s Illegal Foreclosure Epidemic
Two-year-olds often go running around the house too wildly and crash into something. They get an “ouchie” and fall down crying, but they learn from it. That's …
Why Do The Koch Brothers Want to End Public Education?
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The Struggle for Syria (2)
Demonstrators react during a march through city center Hama, in Syria, July 16, 2011. “Come on Bashar, leave,” is a song that in the weeks since it was heard …