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Socializing Debt in Sports, While Privatizing Profit Socializing Debt in Sports, While Privatizing Profit

It's not about the $6 hot dogs, the $9 beers or the tickets you have to get a loan for. It's about insane amount of tax dollars and corporate welfare that goes into American spor...

Aug 19, 2010 / Press Room

Socializing Debt in Sports, While Privatizing Profit Socializing Debt in Sports, While Privatizing Profit

It's not about the $6 hot dogs, the $9 beers or the tickets you have to get a loan for. It's about insane amount of tax dollars and corporate welfare that goes into American sports...

Aug 19, 2010 / Press Room

The Secret Killers The Secret Killers

Assassination in Afghanistan and Task Force 373.

Aug 19, 2010 / Pratap Chatterjee

The Lesson of Mosque-Mania: It’s Our Values, Stupid

The Lesson of Mosque-Mania: It’s Our Values, Stupid The Lesson of Mosque-Mania: It’s Our Values, Stupid

The Democrats' timid rejoinder to the GOP's summer of demagoguery reveals how afraid they are of debating our defining values.

Aug 19, 2010 / Kai Wright

US Dodges Obligation to Help Iraqi Women Trafficked into Sexual Slavery

US Dodges Obligation to Help Iraqi Women Trafficked into Sexual Slavery US Dodges Obligation to Help Iraqi Women Trafficked into Sexual Slavery

The burgeoning sex industries in Syria and Jordan are thriving because of the Iraq War. The US could speed resettlement for Iraqi women who are trafficked—but it hasn't.

Aug 19, 2010 / Sebastian Swett and Cameron Webster

I’m Not in Love… I’m Not in Love…

Some musical selections, and on News Corp.'s donation to the Republicans.

Aug 19, 2010 / Eric Alterman

AFL Takes On Foreclosures and Payday Lending AFL Takes On Foreclosures and Payday Lending

An interview with AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker on Big Banks and a new approach to prevent home foreclosure.

Aug 19, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Iraq: US Still Needs Deal with Iran Iraq: US Still Needs Deal with Iran

American troop strength in Iraq is declining, meaning that the US influence is declining, too. More than ever, the United States needs an understanding with Iran on keeping Iraq wh...

Aug 19, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss

The Center Cannot Hold: Why the Mainstream Media Can’t Stop the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Hysteria

The Center Cannot Hold: Why the Mainstream Media Can’t Stop the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Hysteria The Center Cannot Hold: Why the Mainstream Media Can’t Stop the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Hysteria

A raft of establishment voices have supported the right to build an Islamic center near ground zero, but that hasn't quelled the controversy one bit. Let's face it: Sarah Pali...

Aug 19, 2010 / Richard Kim

To Address Climate Change: ‘We Need a Movement’ To Address Climate Change: ‘We Need a Movement’

Inspired by Australian activists, Gore calls for street demonstrations to force the politicians to act.

Aug 19, 2010 / John Nichols

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