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ACA’s Bungled Rollout Aside, Government Health Insurance Works
We need expanded and improved Medicare-for-All. And we need to vote any politician who won't advance us toward that goal out of office.
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Pantomime
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Monumental Government
Only one branch of government has a three-ring circus.
The Demise of the Left (and How to Revive it)
Although most polls indicate that Americans are putting the blame on Republicans for the government shutdown in terms of actual politics, the Republicans are winning. The debt ceiling is …
Bullying and the Power of Pity
Pity is a powerful tool. And President Obama wields it with mightu2014saying recently that the Republicans are just u201ctrying to mess with meu201du2014in his ongoing Iu2019m-the-good-guy posturing with a …
Ali: “You Must Listen to Me”
From March 1967 to October 1970, Muhammad Ali lived in America the Beautiful, not as a free man, but as the embodiment of Baldwinu2019s declaration in 1972.
“Five Hundred People Will Control American Democracy” If Supreme Court Overturns Campaign Finance Law
On Tuesday, justices heard arguments in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, which has been referred to as "the next Citizens United."
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Chris Hedges | The Folly of Empire
The last days of empire are carnivals of folly. We are in the midst of our own, plunging forward as our leaders court willful economic and environmental self-destruction.
Money, Politics and the Roberts Court: Seventh Game of The Court’s Plutocrat Series
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what has become its annual dismantling of campaign finance law.
The Standoff: The House and Obama
They're crazy too. Iu2019m going to shoot you. That will be the method.