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The Fiscally Insane Bailout Bill Might Not Pass -- Here Are 5 Reasons It Shouldn't

Posted on: Sep 28, 2008, Source: Blog for Our Future

The scheme would force taxpayers to absorb the pain, while Wall Street execs reap the gain.

Wall Street Bailout Takes Us Back to the U.S.S.R

Posted on: Sep 26, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Lawmakers are pushing kleptocratic socialism -- a system where the objective is theft.

What Obama Is Doing Wrong

Posted on: Sep 19, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Obama is eschewing the populism that could undermine the royalist Right and fix the economy. And the GOP is filling the resulting void.

Country First? Not for Republicans

Posted on: Sep 12, 2008, Source: AlterNet

As the RNC revealed, jingoism, partisanship, and Bible-thumping social conservatism seem to have priority over 'country' in the conservative mindset.

In Fight Over Law Securing Workers' Right to Organize, Corporations Bill Themselves as Underdogs

Posted on: Sep 5, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

Corporate honchos and bought-off lawmakers are trying to kill a proposal that makes it easier to join a union.

The Democratic Convention Was Anything But Conventional

Posted on: Aug 29, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

This year's Democratic convention may have helped forge a new progressive movement.

There Is More to a Democracy Than the Office of President

Posted on: Aug 22, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

Yet the media fixate on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, neglecting local elections and issue-based organizing.

Evan Bayh: Worst Choice for VP

Posted on: Aug 15, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

Bayh doesn't have a single significant accomplishment to his name -- a miraculous achievement, even by Washington's do-nothing standards.

The West Takes Center Stage in National Politics

Posted on: Aug 8, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

From energy policy to health care reform, the West is where America's political future will be forged.

Want to Learn About Politics? Go to the Movies

Posted on: Aug 1, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

Many filmic treatments of Washington present a more hard-edged political reality than most of today's so-called journalism.

How to Solve America's Wage Crisis

Posted on: Jul 24, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

When labor rights are protected, wages go up. It's time to make union-membership a civil right.

Obama's Clearest Path to the Presidency: Talk About Wages

Posted on: Jul 23, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

If Obama counters the GOP's race-baiting by promoting working-class interests and a fairer trade agenda, he will win the White House.

The Framing of the Political "Center"

Posted on: Jul 18, 2008, Source: Open Left

Whoever controls the definition of "the center" controls a huge amount of political power.

'Centrists' Are Running the Asylum

Posted on: Jul 18, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

Washington's pundits and politicians have waged an ongoing propaganda campaign to pass off crazy, fringe politics as reasonable and mainstream.

GOP Brags That McCain Will Continue Bush's Economic Legacy

Posted on: Jul 16, 2008, Source: Brave New Films

Debating Bush's awful tax policies on FOX News.

Progressives Discover That Obama's no Messiah

Posted on: Jul 15, 2008, Source: Huffington Post

Obama is a transformative politician, but he's still a politician.

Homogeneity Threatens Democracy

Posted on: Jul 11, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

Across America, local culture has been supplanted by fast food and sub-par Will Smith movies. No wonder people don't care about hometown issues.

Cutting Through the News Noise

Posted on: Jun 27, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

Three books tackle issues rarely explored by the media: McCain's flip-flopping, America's political divide and the real story behind globalization.

Why the Antiwar Movement Can't Budge the Dems to Leave Iraq

Posted on: Jun 4, 2008, Source: Crown Publishing

If the anti-war movement can't find a way to hold Dem politicians accountable, then don't expect anything more than the status quo.

Learning From Ned Lamont

Posted on: May 30, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

Democrats face an anti-war uprising -- one that is beginning to act like a mature movement in putting its agenda before party.

The Untapped Power of Shareholder Democracy

Posted on: May 23, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

Company shareholders should use their economic leverage to force corporations to adopt environmentally friendly practices.

Toward a New Washington Consensus on Trade

Posted on: May 16, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

When will U.S. politicians recognize that NAFTA is bad for everyone?

Acknowledging the Race Chasm

Posted on: May 9, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

The pervasive racism that taints our political discourse will persist until we recognize and reject it.

Potomac Fever

Posted on: May 2, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

Washington has been debilitated by a horrible disease -- one that inhibits emotions like compassion and integrity.

The Real Elitists Work in Mainstream Media

Posted on: Apr 24, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

The media elite pretend there are not two Americas but only one: theirs.

The Ludlow Massacre

Posted on: Apr 18, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

The government's policy toward unions is marked by the same political cowardice and worker repression that brought on the Ludlow Massacre.

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

Posted on: Apr 4, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

"I'll admit it: I used to admire John McCain."

The Fed Packages Corruption as Sound Public Policy

Posted on: Mar 20, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

Once again, the Fed is using a crisis to enrich corporate interests.

Remembering What Nixon Learned

Posted on: Mar 13, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

Conservatives are ignoring history's teachings and resurrecting Nixon's failed strategy of going after working people.

Hope in the Time of NAFTA

Posted on: Mar 7, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

This epoch of globalization has become an era of media-driven insouciance.

A Trade Transformation

Posted on: Feb 21, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

Shrewdly, Barack Obama is promising to transform trade policies so that they do not encourage outsourcing.

Bloomberg: Candidate of the Permanent Will

Posted on: Feb 16, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

The media and political establishments keep floating the idea of Michael Bloomberg's candidacy, showing just how much change frightens the status quo.

The Democrats' Class War

Posted on: Feb 8, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

The Democrats' timidity on economic justice may end up guaranteeing no real 'change' at all.

Rocky Mountain Realities

Posted on: Feb 1, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

As the candidates look to the West, a series of myths have developed about Western politics.

The Stimulus Swindle

Posted on: Jan 25, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

Leading figures of both parties seem eager to help limit the debate over "stimulus" and make the final package a corporate goodie bag.

Digging In the Right Place

Posted on: Jan 18, 2008, Source: Creators Syndicate

There is a simple fix for our ailing healthcare system, and it has the right-wing in a panic.

The Path to a National Popular Vote

Posted on: Dec 28, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

If you don't live in a "battleground" like Florida or Ohio whose statewide vote is perpetually up for grabs, you are ignored.

Fear, Loathing & the Crisis of Confidence

Posted on: Dec 21, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

The 'paranoid style' in American politics is grounded in a profound disconnect between ordinary Americans and the political class.

Middle Class Held Hostage by Fat-Cat Corporate Raiders

Posted on: Dec 13, 2007, Source: Creators Syndicate

Brutes like billionaire equity guru Henry Kravis haven't amassed such treasure by playing nice.

NAFTA Rules Can Trump State Laws

Posted on: Dec 5, 2007, Source: Campaign for America's Future

Investor deals protect foreign capital at the price of sovereignty.

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