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The Invisible Hand of Business in the 2012 Election

The Invisible Hand of Business in the 2012 Election The Invisible Hand of Business in the 2012 Election

Recently filed tax returns shed light on some of the dark money that flooded the campaign season.

Nov 19, 2013 / Lee Fang

CEOs With Massive Retirement Fortunes Push Social Security Cuts

CEOs With Massive Retirement Fortunes Push Social Security Cuts CEOs With Massive Retirement Fortunes Push Social Security Cuts

Members of Business Roundtable, a corporate lobby advocating for cuts to retirees’ benefts, have retirement acounts more than 1,200 times the size of the median American work...

Nov 19, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

Crisis in US-Israel Relations

Crisis in US-Israel Relations Crisis in US-Israel Relations

Netanyahu risks everything in opposing a deal with Iran that is very likely going to happen, as early as tomorrow.

Nov 19, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

These Lawmakers Have a Plan to Rein In NSA Spying

These Lawmakers Have a Plan to Rein In NSA Spying These Lawmakers Have a Plan to Rein In NSA Spying

And it’s a bipartisan effort.

Nov 19, 2013 / Robert Scheer

Bernie Sanders Might Just Have to Run for President

Bernie Sanders Might Just Have to Run for President Bernie Sanders Might Just Have to Run for President

The independent senator is a reluctant prospect. But he says the times demand a progressive alternative to politics as usual.

Nov 19, 2013 / John Nichols

Witnesses to Hunger (and Poverty) on the Hill

Witnesses to Hunger (and Poverty) on the Hill Witnesses to Hunger (and Poverty) on the Hill

Five Witnesses to Hunger came to Capitol Hill to talk poverty and hunger with Congress.

Nov 19, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

Republican Alternatives to Healthcare

Republican Alternatives to Healthcare Republican Alternatives to Healthcare

You've got to admire their creativity.

Nov 19, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow

Elizabeth Warren Comes Out for Expanding Social Security

Elizabeth Warren Comes Out for Expanding Social Security Elizabeth Warren Comes Out for Expanding Social Security

Warren used rampant 2016 speculation to juice an important debate over expanded benefits.

Nov 18, 2013 / George Zornick

Brower Youth Award Winner Outlines New Responses to Climate Change Brower Youth Award Winner Outlines New Responses to Climate Change

The climate movement often seems like it’s fighting “against something”--against indifference and political gridlock. But this is a struggle “for everything...

Nov 18, 2013 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation

The Fracking Industry’s Dishonest Response to ‘Gasland’

The Fracking Industry’s Dishonest Response to ‘Gasland’ The Fracking Industry’s Dishonest Response to ‘Gasland’

A new disclosure shows that the fracking industry has spent millions to buy off political support. 

Nov 18, 2013 / Lee Fang

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