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How the GOP Became the White Man's Party

Robert Perkinson, AlterNet. May 26, 2010.

In this excerpt from Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire, Robert Perkinson shows how the Right embraced racial animus as a political strategy.

Politicians' Symbolic Opposition to Afghan Escalation is Pointless As Long As Congress Keeps Writing Checks

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. November 30, 2009.

It doesn't much matter whether people "support" the escalation. What matters is whether they openly oppose it -- and, if so, how vocally and emphatically.

The Tragedy of Robert McNamara Does Not End With Vietnam

Will Bunch, Huffington Post. July 6, 2009.

McNamara was a warped prophet, a flesh-and-blood monument to the folly of militarism. And yet Americans failed to listen.

McGovern Warns Obama of LBJ Legacy in Afghanistan

Mike Fritz, American News Project. May 5, 2009.

Former Senator George McGovern claims military escalation will jeopardize Obama's domestic goals.

A Real Criminal Investigation of Bush/Cheney; No Truth Commission!

Martin Garbus, Huffington Post. March 9, 2009.

Judges and jurors, not politicians or unelected commission members, should determine whether Bush & Co. broke the law.

Who Passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Nicolaus Mills, Dissent Magazine. February 22, 2008.

The Clinton/Obama debate over who deserves credit for the Civil Rights Act has died down. But a history lesson is in order.

The Rise and Fall of Immigration Reform: Language Had Everything to Do with It

Drew Westen, Huffington Post. July 10, 2007.

When we are figuring out how to talk about immigration, we should listen to what Lyndon Johnson said in 1965 that convinced Congress to enact civil rights legislation.