News & Politics

Only the Koch Brothers Could Make Rupert Murdoch Look Like Journalism’s Savior

By Eric Alterman / The Nation

Media observers horrified at the thought of a Koch takeover of major newspapers are more sanguine about Murdoch. What are they thinking?

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GOP Director of Hispanic Outreach Quits and Becomes Democrat

By Adam Peck / Think Progress

Student Shot by School Employee, As Conservatives Call for More Guns on Campus

By Alex Kane / AlterNet

Meet the Former Aide to Dick Cheney and Wife of a Mitt Romney Advisor Who Happens to Be at the Center of the Benghazi Scandal

By Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon

Welcome to the Brave New World of Corporatized Medicine: Just Hope You Don't Get Sick!

By Yves Smith / Naked Capitalism

US Marshals Hold Innocent Family At Gun Point, Tell Them Not to Move Even After They Realize They've Got Wrong House

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn Demands Tornado Relief Be Offset by Cuts Elsewhere

Drug Testing Purveyor Absurdly Tries to Blame Boston Bombing on ... Pot?

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Big Ag Wins This Round: Supreme Court Backs Monsanto in Ruling

April M. Short / AlterNet

Pat Robertson, Who Prophesied 'Romney Will Win,' Urges Viewers to Beware False Prophets

Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch

The 182 Percent Loan? How Installment Lenders Trap Borrowers

Paul Kiel / ProPublica

Men Step Up to Support Women's Rights and Fight Violence ... Stars and Regular Guys Say They Are Ready to Show Up

Eleanor J. Bader / AlterNet

Climate Tipping Point? Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Tops 400 ppm for First Time in Human History

Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!

Five Things College Students Should Worry About Next Fall

Chris Lewis / Campus Progress

39% of Americans Who Think Benghazi Is a Major Scandal Don't Actually Know Where It Is

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Moyers: How Storytelling Is at the Heart of Making Social Change

Bill Moyers, Marshall Ganz / Bill Moyers

6 Horrifying Revelations About Force-Feeding at Guantanamo

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Police Beat Man to Death With Batons, Confiscate Witness Video

Natasha Lennard / Salon.com

Will Banksters at JPMorgan Chase Finally Pay for Their Misdeeds?

Richard (RJ) Eskow / Campaign for America's Future

Murder, America's Favorite Pastime

Chris Hedges / Truthdig

IRS Scandal Is Much Ado About Small Stuff While Karl Rove Gets Off Scott Free

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Elizabeth Warren Pushes Bill to Reduce Student Loan Interest Rates

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Nuclear Weapons Will be Used -- If We Don't Do Something to Get Rid of the Damn Things

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch

Austerity Kills: How Harsh Budget Cuts Increase Suicide, Infant Mortality, HIV Infections

Alex Kane / AlterNet

How the Economic Slowdown Has Drastically Affected How Much America Spends on Health Care

Laura Tyson / Al Jazeera English

Is Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Turning Out to Be a Another Billionaire Conservative?

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Tea Partyers Boycott Fox News for Being Too “Left”

Jillian Rayfield / Salon.com

WATCH: CBS Covers Immigrant Rights Rally... By Talking About Dangers at the Border

Peter Hart / FAIR

We Can't Let Hatred and Gun Paranoia Silence Our Great Democracy

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship / BillMoyers.com

6 Reasons Why Obama’s Popularity Is Likely to Plummet

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Why the Viet Nam Anti-War Movement's Work Is Not Yet Done

Frank Joyce / AlterNet

Large Corporations Seek U.S.–European 'Free Trade Agreement' to Further Global Dominance

Andrew Gavin Marshall / AlterNet

Cleveland Horror Caps Week of Violence Against Women

Leslie Savan / The Nation

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