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Black Community Poised to Follow Obama’s Leadership on Gay Rights

Since the president’s affirmation of marriage equality, a series of African-American organizations, politicians, sports and entertainment figures have also announced their support.

Posted on May 23, 2012 READ MORE  | 1105 READS



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The Occupy Movement and the Politics of Educated Hope

American society has lost its claim on democracy. One indication of such a loss is that the crises produced on a daily basis by crony capitalism operate within a discourse of denial.

Posted on May 22, 2012 READ MORE  | 2893 READS



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The Nearly $1 Trillion National Security Budget

With major wars winding down, has Washington already cut war spending so close to the bone that further reductions would be perilous to our safety?

Posted on May 22, 2012 READ MORE  | 1227 READS



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Dispatches From Cairo: Testing Democracy

Here in Cairo every conversation turns to this week’s presidential election, hopefully the first true democratic election in the country’s history.

Posted on May 22, 2012 READ MORE  | 1423 READS


The NAACP’s Relevance Step

With its support for gay marriage, the NAACP has done more than strike a blow for fairness and equality.

Posted on May 21, 2012 READ MORE  | 724 READS



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Some Donations to Scott Walker Flagged as Potential Fraud

When MaryAnn Nellis tried to pay for groceries on April 14, her credit card was declined. She later found out why: Her credit card company, Capital One, had flagged an earlier purchase as potentially fraudulent. The problem? A $5 donation to Friends of Scott Walker, the Wisconsin governor’s campaign committee, which she claimed not to have made.

Posted on May 21, 2012 READ MORE  | 1181 READS



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How Rural America Got Fracked

Big multinational corporations are making a bucolic region of Wisconsin part of a vast assembly line in the race for the last fossil fuels on the planet, carting off its prehistoric sand to later be forcefully injected into the earth across the country to produce natural gas.

Posted on May 21, 2012 READ MORE  | 1562 READS



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Every Year Russia Beats the Nazis One More Time

There is one day when it never rains in Moscow, a day when Russia’s air force literally shoots down rain-bearing clouds with a chemical agent to reinforce the spectacle.

Posted on May 21, 2012 READ MORE  | 4325 READS



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A Choice of Capitalisms

In this election, we’re not having an argument that pits capitalism against socialism. We are trying to decide what kind of capitalism we want.

Posted on May 20, 2012 READ MORE  | 2552 READS



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We Told You So

Two months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, a group of experts and I warned the Obama campaign about the likelihood of a global economic crisis. Not the slightest word came back.

Posted on May 18, 2012 READ MORE  | 10220 READS



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A Victory for All of Us

We hoped we could draw attention to the injustice of the law. None of us thought we would win. But every once in a while the gods smile on the damned.

Posted on May 18, 2012 READ MORE  | 64136 READS


Yes, We Can Walk and Chew Gum

Republicans now insist that America cannot simultaneously walk the walk on equal rights and also chew economic gum.

Posted on May 18, 2012 READ MORE  | 1315 READS


Disco Queen and Go-Go King

The soundtrack of my youth is fading. That’s hardly an original observation, I realize, but self-indulgence is a columnist’s inalienable right and music has unique power to summon unbidden waves of nostalgia.

Posted on May 18, 2012 READ MORE  | 936 READS



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Truthdigger of the Week: U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest

A decade of war on terror has created a culture of deference in which U.S. officials may restrict American civil liberties in the name of national security. This Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest bravely challenged that culture.

Posted on May 18, 2012 READ MORE  | 1475 READS



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The Magnetar Fallout

The hedge fund Magnetar helped create billions of dollars’ worth of collateralized debt obligations that super-charged the financial meltdown, profited the company enormously and for which it’s seen no punishment. Here’s a roundup of the known charges, settlements, and investigations that stem from those deals.

Posted on May 18, 2012 READ MORE  | 905 READS


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