Texas ranks in the bottom half of all states for being vulnerable to corruption. That's one of the findings in the extensive State Integrity Investigation which looks at how accountable state governments are to their citizens. The report released Monday was compiled by the …
There has been a propaganda video titled “AGENDA, Grinding America Down” that the Tea Party has been using all over the nation to spread falsehoods and fear about President Barack Obama, and the liberal voice of progress and change. This video is telling people that …
Video of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on the speculation in the commodities future markets. Seven minutes. As always Bernie tells it like it is and Jim Cramer agrees.
And have you read anywhere that Rush's station, Premier Radio Networks Inc., is owned by Clear Channel Inc? Sure you might have.... But did you know Clear Channel, which is not a public company, is primarily owned by BAIN CAPITAL? And of course you DO know who is so proud of be …
Faces appeared to me moments before the New York City police arrested us Thursday in front of Goldman Sachs employees, who peered at us through the revolving glass doors and lobby windows, a pathetic collection of middle-aged fraternity and sorority members.
Richard Wilkinson and partner Kate Pickett ran the data and came to the conclusion that the national income of a country is insignificant to its social well-being when compared with income inequality.
"Where my feminists at?" read a sign propped against a bench at the entrance to Zuccotti Park on Thursday night as a general Assemble meeting began to echo over the human microphone. Five days of observing working group meetings, sitting in on the General Assemblies and tal …
How did America come to accept having two classes of citizens? When did America give up on the dream of fairness for all? Glenn Greenwald discusses his new book, "With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful". Unfairness in …
In August 1981, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) called an illegal strike. The new president, Ronald Reagan, fired the strikers, establishing a reputation for both decisiveness and hostility to organized labor. As Prof.
The economic crisis has disproportionately affected people of color, in particular African Americans.
The occupation movement's greatest challenge will be overcoming the deep distrust of white liberals by the poor and the working class, especially people of color.
It's somewhat rare to hear a Senator tell the truth about American foreign policy, but we did get a glimpse of reality last week when Senator Lindsey Graham lustily talked about the death of Gadhafi. He said, "There's a lot of money to be made in the future in Libya.
The latest global warming results confirm those from earlier, independent studies by scientists at NASA and elsewhere that came under fire from skeptics in an episode known as 'climategate'.
The latest global warming results confirm those from earlier, independent studies by scientists at NASA and elsewhere that came under fire from skeptics in an episode known as 'climategate'. A new climate study shows that since the mid-1950s, global average temperatures over lan …
Sharing our own moments in history is real. It's humbling. I remember a moment I had back in late July when I was sitting in my spacious office down on K Street. I had just taken a call from yet another Member of Congress, asking me to raise him $25,000.
Money In Politics Atlantic Bridge, the British affiliate organization to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), is in the midst of a scandal in the UK that is bringing into light the corruption-laced practices of these right-wing groups on both sides of the pond. To …
Herman Cain says Liberals are out to destroy this country...In my Daily Take - I'll make Herman Cain wish he was out delivering pizzas again. Conservatives telling lies about Liberals is nothing new. Listen to John F.
Author David Degraw and Prof. William Black talk about the politicians supporting the OWS movement for their own political gain as opposed to those who truly believe in the protests. Prof. Black is to lead attempt to prosecute fraud.from Wikipedia
Rush Limbaugh attacked MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan on his Monday show, saying that Ratigan was actively advising the Occupy Wall Street movement behind the scenes. Limbaugh began his segment by saying that President Obama was "responsible" for organizing the Occupy Wall Street prot …
On Monday morning, Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were joind by Brzezinski's father. for Naional Adviser Dr.
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He may be uncomfortable in a cape and tights, but MSNBC hos Dylan Ratigan is quickly becoming a superhero nonetheless. Inspired by the powerful, but unfocused Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements, Ratigan is channeling their energy toward the obvious, unstated goal of both …
The Occupy Wall Street movement's political breakthrough came Wednesday, as leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus joined Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, in endorsing the burgeoning nation challenge to corporate greed and corrupt pol …
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The day had somewhat solemn overtones as rightly it should and since pictures tell the story for a thousand words a pop here's my collection from the gathering about five until the march cross town which began pouring out of Union Square just after 7:30 and cleared the intersect …
The Blaze, a right-wing site started by Glenn Beck, has a post up insinuating that Trayvon Martin may have been a dangerous criminal.
the message gives you a sense of what's been happening for several days on Perry's Facebook wall. As The Washington Post's She The People blog says, many women are "facetiously seeking advice on their menstrual periods" from the governor, "since he's styled himself as an expert …
Sometimes, you have to look so deeply into polling results like these that basic human sanity catches a cab and tells you it will meet you back at the house: The talk of a brokered convention never seems to die down and one interesting finding on this poll was that Sarah Palin …
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued a statement condemning the extreme right-wing budget proposed by House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI), saying it was yet another Republican assault on America's working families: Just as Republican governors and state legislator …
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