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Lock Up Washington

Rise Up or Die

Revenge of the Bear: Russia Strikes Back in Syria

How America Became a Third World Country: 2013-2023

California Man Sues Officers He Says Nearly Beat Him to Death

Does Anything Change in Los Angeles With Election of New Mayor?
By Bill Boyarsky

The Path of Hubris and War
By William Pfaff

Glaciers Are Melting Slowly but Surely
By Tim Radford, Climate News Network

How America Became a Third World Country: 2013-2023
By Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford, TomDispatch

Hell on Earth for Greeks

Apple Bullies the U.S. Government for Lower Taxes

Anthony Weiner Announces NYC Mayoral Bid (Video)

California Man Sues Officers He Says Nearly Beat Him to Death

The Promise of a Courageous Al-Jazeera America May Be Fading

A Step Closer to Immigration Reform

Watch: Sen. Warren Grills Jack Lew on Too Big to Fail Banks

Economic Murder: How and Why Austerity Kills

‘Left, Right & Center’: The White House Scandal Trifecta

Save Our Democracy: Buy the L.A. Times for $660 Million

‘SNL’: Stefon’s Farewell Features Anderson Cooper

Act of Congress
By Jesse Eisinger

Daily Rituals
By Gabriel Thompson

The Girls of Atomic City
By Scott Martelle

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

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Gore Vidal: His Life and Legacy

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Privilege and Creative Destruction: The Charles River Bridge Case

By Stanley Kutler
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Senate Preserves Sweeping Surveillance Powers

On Friday, Congress extended through 2017 a bill that grants the government power to monitor Americans without a warrant and accepted none of the proposals to ensure protections to privacy and civil liberties.

Posted on Dec 29, 2012 READ MORE

White House / Pete Souza

Obama Pressures Senate on Public Option

Like a reluctant Sisyphus, the president is still pushing the public option up Capitol Hill. According to a report in the L.A. Times, Obama has been trying to sell moderate Democrats on the idea. That’s no easy task, as many have taken gobs of money from the private health industry and coincidentally oppose meaningful reform.