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The Romney-Ryan Economic Plan
Take from the poor and give to the rich?
Tropical Storm Isaac Spares Tampa Ahead of RNC, but Massive Security Operation Has City on Lockdown
Day one of the Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay, Florida, has been essentially called off due to Tropical Storm Isaac. The cityu2019s police department received $50 million from …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: GOP Is Desperately Trying to Downplay Fears of a Civil War Brewing Within Their Party, and More
The Republican National Convention kicks off this week in Tampa, Florida u2013 and Republicans are desperately trying to downplay fears of a civil war brewing within their party, Republicans …
“Be Honest About the History of Our Country”: Remembering the People’s Historian Howard Zinn at 90
Howard Zinn: “But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below.”
Prisons, Profit and Immigrants in Arizona
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer defies President Obama on deferred deportation plan for undocumented immigrant youth.
Ohio GOP Admits Early Voting Cutbacks Are Racially Motivated
Why do Ohio Republicans suddenly feel so strongly about limiting early voting hours in Democratic counties?
Solitary Confinement: Torture Chambers for Black Revolutionaries
An estimated 80,000 men, women and even children are being held in solitary confinement on any given day in US prisons.
Invisible Americans Get the Silent Treatment
Official Washington continues to see poverty with tunnel vision u2013 out of sight, out of mind.
Romney and Ryan: Right Wing Billionaires Think It’s Time to Take the Gloves Off
John Weeks: The right wing elite think if they can make a major breakthrough, they can end the last vestiges of the welfare state.
Gagged on Torture: Gitmo Lawyers Silenced Ahead of 9/11 Hearings
Attorneys for inmates at Guantanamo Bay say they've been banned from bringing up the subject of torture in court.