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In mythology, Cerberus is the three-headed dog that guards the gates of Hades. How perfect a name for a company whose leaders have sold their souls.

What remains of the initial Obama drive to reach out to Iran with an “engagement that is honed and grounded in mutual respect”?

How did a community organizer and a constitutional law professor become an extrajudicial, drone-happy president? 

As the infrastructure of many U.S. cities crumbles, the Pentagon continues to pump over a billion dollars into military bases throughout the Middle East. 

In the next four years—and beyond—progressives must create the political space for the president to represent the majority of Americans.

We won, but at what cost? Fool me once, shame on Obama, but fool me twice and I’m the one responsible.

The future of US global power is in space warfare. 

In this election, the deepest division was over whether we are all in this together. 

A vote for Obama in a swing state is a no-brainer, because, on a host of issues, there is a vast partisan difference that should not be ignored.

The former Louisiana governor and Republican presidential candidate is sick of the greedy banking practices that led to the financial crisis.