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AP / Evan Vucci

Occupy Draws Strength From the Powerless

There is a recipe for breaking popular movements. I watched it play out over five years in the war in El Salvador. I now see these familiar patterns in the assault against the Occupy movement.

Posted on Feb 13, 2012 82 COMMENTS



White House / Pete Souza

Contraception and the Cost of Culture Wars

The problem with culture wars is that one side typically has absolutely no understanding of what the other is trying to say.

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 10 COMMENTS



Mark Taylor (CC-BY)

White Nationalists Share Spotlight With GOP at CPAC

The annual Washington showcase of the far right is plunging toward new depths of disgrace by featuring “white nationalists” among its speakers.

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 5 COMMENTS



AP / Susan Walsh

Will Mortgage Settlement Avoid Repeating Obama’s Foreclosure Failures?

On Feb. 9, administration officials stood alongside state attorneys general to announce a $25 billion mortgage settlement reminiscent of deal made three Februarys ago. Three years later, that program is widely considered a failure.

Posted on Feb 11, 2012 22 COMMENTS



Steve Rhodes (CC-BY)

The Right’s Boon in Knox v. SEIU

On the surface, the case of Knox v. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) lacks blockbuster appeal. But in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, it has the potential to further rig the playing field in favor of big business and the right wing.

Posted on Feb 10, 2012 10 COMMENTS



AP / Eric Risberg, Pool

Truthdigger of the Week: 9th Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt

Just in time for a certain prefabricated, romance-related holiday that shall remain nameless, we offer you a little valentine (oops!) of our own with a Truthdigger winner who truly brought the love in one inspiring gesture he made in a federal appeals court, of all places.

Posted on Feb 10, 2012 2 COMMENTS


Romney’s Overriding Ambition

Criticism of Mitt Romney for lacking a coherent message is grossly unfair. He has been forthright, consistent and even eloquent in pressing home his campaign’s central theme: Mitt Romney desperately wants to be president.

Posted on Feb 10, 2012 18 COMMENTS


Embracing ‘Enough’

Of all the no-no’s in contemporary America—and there are many—none has proven more taboo than the ancient doctrine of dayenu.

Posted on Feb 10, 2012 22 COMMENTS



AP / Ben Margot

Judge Puts Heart Into Prop. 8 Ruling

In throwing out California’s notorious Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage, appellate Judge Stephen Reinhardt showed the heart of a romantic and humor in a ringing defense of the often-scorned institution of marriage.

Posted on Feb 9, 2012 29 COMMENTS



125o4 (CC-BY)

Silent State: Washington’s Campaign Against Whistle-Blowers

There can be little doubt that government retaliation against whistle-blowers is not an isolated event, nor even an agency-by-agency practice. The number of cases in play suggests an organized strategy to deprive Americans of knowledge of the more disreputable things their government does.

Posted on Feb 9, 2012 11 COMMENTS



AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari

Elections Are for Suckers

Bribes from billionaires? Let’s just dip our fingers in purple ink and pose for photos.

Posted on Feb 9, 2012 115 COMMENTS



The Huffington Post

Clint, Rick and the Limits of Pessimism

What do Rick Santorum and Clint Eastwood have in common?

Posted on Feb 9, 2012 18 COMMENTS



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America’s Pro-Choice Majority Speaks Out

The leadership of the Catholic Church has launched what amounts to a holy war against President Barack Obama.

Posted on Feb 8, 2012 27 COMMENTS



Peter E. Lee (catching up) (CC-BY)

Why Don’t We Pay People Enough? 8 Facts About America’s Struggling Working People

Millions of people in the U.S. work and are still poor. Here are eight points that show why the U.S. needs to dedicate itself to making work pay.

Posted on Feb 8, 2012 27 COMMENTS



AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta

Meet the Obscure Federal Regulator Who’s Not Helping Homeowners

Fannie and Freddie are required to help homeowners while earning profits so they can pay back the taxpayers who bailed them out. Here is our guide to the little-known federal regulator, Edward DeMarco, ultimately in charge of the two companies. You may have never heard of him, but as The Washington Post put it, he’s “the most powerful man in housing policy.”

Posted on Feb 8, 2012 4 COMMENTS


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