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Russ Baker: Military-Industrial-Financial-Intelligence-Oil Complex
January 19, 2011This week not only commemorates Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, but also is the 50th anniversary of Dwight Eisenhower's prescient warning about the military-industrial complex, the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of John F. Kennedy, the 10th anniversary of the inauguration of George W. Bush--and the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.Vince Warren, Russ Baker, Afghanistan and U.S. Debt
January 18, 2011Accountability and transparency are two key elements to a responsible government, notes Vince Warren of the Center for Constitutional Rights, and WikiLeaks and other sites like it help fulfill the transparency side of things, at least. Accountability, though, at least from the U.S. government, seems to be slow in coming--and Vince notes that the Tunisian people, who removed their despot, could use our support as well.The F Word: Courage for Immigration Reform
March 27, 2010While House members were grandstanding on the floor over health care reform Sunday, and the news networks largely focused on tea party anti-healthcare protests, tens of thousands of immigrants and allies flooded the Washington Mall, chanting “Si Se Puede” -- “Yes We Can.”Julian Zelizer: National Security Myths
February 4, 2010In his new book, Julian Zelizer lays out a history of national security policy in the U.S. and makes the point that bipartisanship has largely always been a myth here. Instead, presidents who succeed lay out a concrete plan for what they want and fight to get it accomplished. Obama, he suggests, should take a lesson or two from the past.Whose News, Julian Zelizer, and Democracy in Canada
February 3, 2010Discussions on the future of journalism are happening so often now that they're almost trite. But Robert McChesney, John Nichols, Tracy Van Slyke and Kate Giammarise are not only interested in saving journalism; they're interested in having all of us have a say.Can We Scan Ourselves to Safety?
January 21, 2010In the wake of the failed underpants bombing attempt, new airport security rules have been added, and discussion has ramped up of the use of full-body scanners and other invasive technologies. We ask Liliana Segura of AlterNet and Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent if we can scan ourselves to safety, or if this is just more security theater designed to get us to give up our civil liberties.Lessons from Massachusetts
January 21, 2010Scott Brown, a Republican with tea party support, won the special election for the last two years of Ted Kennedy's Senate term last night over Democrat Martha Coakley. Predictably, the blame game has already started, with critiques leveled at everyone from Coakley herself to the President.Lessons From Massachusetts, Airport Security and Haiti
January 20, 2010Scott Brown, a Republican with tea party support, won the special election for the last two years of Ted Kennedy's Senate term last night over Democrat Martha Coakley. Predictably, the blame game has already started, with critiques leveled at everyone from Coakley herself to the President.The F Word: Lessons Not Learned
January 20, 2010A year ago I was freezing on Mall with a few million others, watching the inauguration of a new President. Today I'm sweltering in my unnaturally hot office, fearing the inauguration of a new movement.The Struggle for Single-Payer
June 11, 2009Geri Jenkins, Co-President of the California Nurses Association, participated in Congress' first ever hearing to examine the single-payer option. She reports back on the hearing from Washington, D.C.
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