Solving a Problem Like Stupak Solving a Problem Like Stupak
Stupak may be retiring, but Democrats need to resolve the problem of politicians who sabotage the agenda from the inside.
Apr 13, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Gaming Your Brain For Violence Gaming Your Brain For Violence
What effect does training soldiers to "dehumanize" the enemy have on us? And are video games giving us in some part the same training?
Apr 9, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Impossible to Ignore Wikileaks Tape Impossible to Ignore Wikileaks Tape
Martin Luther King's words in 1967 are still relevant to today's war, as the Wikileaks tape shows.
Apr 7, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Shaky Foundations for the Economy Shaky Foundations for the Economy
Last week Tim Geithner told steelworkers in Pittsburgh that unemployment is to remain "unacceptably high" for some time. He blamed what he called "the recession"...
Apr 6, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Minority Opinions on the iPad Minority Opinions on the iPad
The iPad -- It's very strange. It started arriving in stores April 1 and the reviewers are already calling it a game changer but one aspect of the new device is causing conster...
Apr 1, 2010 / Laura Flanders
CA Banks: Who Are They Working For? CA Banks: Who Are They Working For?
Does it seem right to you that a state's ability to stay afloat should be the stuff of secretive betting pools? That's just what's happening.
Apr 1, 2010 / Laura Flanders
RNC Stripper Stimulus RNC Stripper Stimulus
The Republican National Committee has been giving a little stimulus of their own to an overlooked demographic group: strippers.
Mar 31, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Trust Just Isn’t Enough Trust Just Isn’t Enough
Trust's a euphemism that's scuttling our politics.
Mar 30, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Courage for Immigration Reform Courage for Immigration Reform
Immigration is shaping up to be one of the next big fights, and it has the potential to be far, far messier—and more violent—than the health care battle.
Mar 26, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Step Toward Justice for Jamie Leigh Jones Step Toward Justice for Jamie Leigh Jones
Score one for Senator Al Franken. Thanks to him, Jamie Leigh Jones, a former KBR employee who alleges she was gang raped by her coworkers will get her day in court.
Mar 26, 2010 / Laura Flanders