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Invoking Dr. King, Charles Barkley Stands Strongly for LGBT Rights Invoking Dr. King, Charles Barkley Stands Strongly for LGBT Rights

Charles Barkley felt a responsibility to use his platform on a TNT pregame show to speak out for Gay Rights. Given who spoke before him, we should be grateful that he did.

Jan 19, 2011 / Dave Zirin

Nation Conversations: Carne Ross on Diplomacy and WikiLeaks Nation Conversations: Carne Ross on Diplomacy and WikiLeaks

The former British diplomat recounts his own whistleblowing and the benefits and dangers of the WikiLeaks dipomatic cables dump.

Jan 19, 2011 / The Nation

Obama Pulls a Clinton on Deregulation Obama Pulls a Clinton on Deregulation

Bill Clinton embraced the corporate money guys in an effort to purchase a second term. On Tuesday, Barack Obama veered sharply down that same course.

Jan 19, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Easy as ABC? Tracking the ‘Inescapable’ Racial Angle in the MLK Parade Bomb Story Easy as ABC? Tracking the ‘Inescapable’ Racial Angle in the MLK Parade Bomb Story

For journalism that connects the dots between Spokane, Tucson, the rise of an extremist American right and, yes, the uptick in violent rhetoric that feeds it, look to David Neiwert...

Jan 19, 2011 / Nancy Goldstein

Not Enough on Cuba Embargo Not Enough on Cuba Embargo

The president makes some progress, but not enough, on ending the anachronism called the US embargo against Cuba.

Jan 19, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Why Roger Ailes Watches Fox News on Mute Why Roger Ailes Watches Fox News on Mute

There is a revealing new profile of the man who led and personifies modern conservatives’ mastery of TV—Fox News’s Roger Ailes.

Jan 19, 2011 / Ari Melber

Big Media Gets Bigger as FCC and Justice Department Approve Comcast/NBC Merger

Big Media Gets Bigger as FCC and Justice Department Approve Comcast/NBC Merger Big Media Gets Bigger as FCC and Justice Department Approve Comcast/NBC Merger

The FCC's vote to approve Comcast's proposed acquisition of a majority stake in NBC Universal represents the ultimate surrender to the demands of corporate America.

Jan 19, 2011 / John Nichols

Cutting Taxes Is Breaking the Economy Cutting Taxes Is Breaking the Economy

Last week the World Bank warned of "serious tensions and pitfalls" ahead in the global economy, and less than 3 percent growth for the US. That came on the heels of the n...

Jan 18, 2011 / Laura Flanders

When Risk-taking Becomes Too Costly: Naomi Klein on Climate Change When Risk-taking Becomes Too Costly: Naomi Klein on Climate Change

Choosing to ignore climate change is the highest-stake gamble we are currently in.

Jan 18, 2011 / Press Room

Rebel Journalist John Ross, the Master of Speaking Truth to Power, Is Dead Rebel Journalist John Ross, the Master of Speaking Truth to Power, Is Dead

American Book Award–winner, chronicler of indigenous struggles and proud radical, Ross wrote his own epitaph: "Life, like reporting, is a kind of death sentence. Pa...

Jan 18, 2011 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols

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