No Free Parking for Monopoly Players: Time to Revive Anti-Trust Law No Free Parking for Monopoly Players: Time to Revive Anti-Trust Law
The concentration of wealth and power among a few mega-corporations threatens our political and economic freedoms.
Jun 8, 2011 / Barry C. Lynn
Open Source Politics: Safeguarding the Free Flow of Information Open Source Politics: Safeguarding the Free Flow of Information
We need an “open information” policy to combat corporate abuse of intellectual property laws and encourage the sharing of ideas.
Jun 8, 2011 / Joe Costello
AFL’s Trumka on Pols Selling Out Workers: ‘I’ve Had a Snootful of This S**t!’ AFL’s Trumka on Pols Selling Out Workers: ‘I’ve Had a Snootful of This S**t!’
“We can’t simply build the power of any political party or any candidate. For too long we’ve been left after the election holding a canceled check and asking some...
Jun 8, 2011 / John Nichols
WikiLeaks Haiti: Cable Depicts Fraudulent Haiti Election WikiLeaks Haiti: Cable Depicts Fraudulent Haiti Election
Confirming what Haitians already knew, a WikiLeaks document shows how US and international donors pushed ahead with a rigged presidential election.
Jun 8, 2011 / Dan Coughlin and Kim Ives
Rethinking GDP: Why We Must Broaden Our Measures of Economic Success Rethinking GDP: Why We Must Broaden Our Measures of Economic Success
Relying so heavily on GDP as a measure of economic health is like removing all of the gauges on a car’s dashboard except the speedometer.
Jun 8, 2011 / Dirk Philipsen
Swipe Fee Showdown in the Senate: Big Business vs. Big Business Swipe Fee Showdown in the Senate: Big Business vs. Big Business
Wall Street is poised to lose a major battle in Washington today—but only because another enormous industry chose to take it on.
Jun 8, 2011 / George Zornick
The Bernanke Scandal: Full-Frontal Cluelessness The Bernanke Scandal: Full-Frontal Cluelessness
How I wish that Ben Bernanke would get caught e-mailing photos of his underwear-clad groin.
Jun 8, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Ending Sanctions on the Taliban: A Good Idea Ending Sanctions on the Taliban: A Good Idea
And drawing a bright line: the Taliban is not Al Qaeda.
Jun 8, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Senate Report: US Afghan Aid Is Unsustainable Senate Report: US Afghan Aid Is Unsustainable
Maybe you guessed it already, but the billions we're pouring into rebuilding Afghanistan aren't working.
Jun 8, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Slide Show: 16 Bold Ideas for a New Economy Slide Show: 16 Bold Ideas for a New Economy
A slide show of ways we can mend our broken system.
Jun 8, 2011 / The Nation