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Scott Walker’s Koch Connection Goes Bad

Scott Walker’s Koch Connection Goes Bad Scott Walker’s Koch Connection Goes Bad

Complaints have been filed with state and federal official regarding Illegal use of tax exempt status by billionaire David Koch.

Feb 24, 2012 / John Nichols

Romney’s Koch Brothers Connections Romney’s Koch Brothers Connections

Romney’s campaign is getting a major boost from the lead organizers behind the Tea Party.

Feb 24, 2012 / Ari Berman

Rubin Agonistes Rubin Agonistes

Alter-Reviews and Reed Richardson zeros in on the flip-flop blogging of the Washington Post's Jenifer Rubin.

Feb 24, 2012 / Eric Alterman

Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act

More than a decade after Congress passed the PATRIOT Act, its varied implications are still unraveling.

Feb 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino

Would the GOP contenders feel the same about immigration if the folks trying to cross the border were Canadians?

Feb 24, 2012 / Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

Follow the Urine! Ryan Braun Makes a Kind of History Follow the Urine! Ryan Braun Makes a Kind of History

Because a set of bizarre circumstances surrounding his drug test, reigning MVP Ryan Braunhas become the first player in history to successfully challenge a steroid-related penalty ...

Feb 24, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb? Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb?

Comcast’s new minority-owned channels are the direct result of a deal cut with civil rights organizations. So where are the women’s channels?

Feb 24, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Romney’s Irresponsible Tax Plan Romney’s Irresponsible Tax Plan

Desperate to fend off Rick Santorum’s challenge from the right, Mitt released a plan to increase the deficit. 

Feb 24, 2012 / Ben Adler

This Week in Poverty: Deal on Unemployment Benefits Leaves Out Poorest This Week in Poverty: Deal on Unemployment Benefits Leaves Out Poorest

Congress extended unemployment benefits, but it’s no good for those who’ve been jobless the longest.

Feb 24, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

GOP Debate: Birth Control = Gun Control… or Something

GOP Debate: Birth Control = Gun Control… or Something GOP Debate: Birth Control = Gun Control… or Something

At the Republicans’ Arizona debate, held a couple hours from where Gabby Giffords was shot, no one raised the issue of gun control.

Feb 23, 2012 / Leslie Savan

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