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Corporate Lobbyists Run Almost Every Pro-Romney Super PAC Corporate Lobbyists Run Almost Every Pro-Romney Super PAC

Corporate lobbyists are at the helm of almost every large pro-Romney Super PAC and 501(c) group, channeling business cash into ads, and potentially, a lucrative career after the el...

Oct 10, 2012 / Lee Fang

Stop Stop-and-Frisk Stop Stop-and-Frisk

After years of complaints that the stops are racially discriminatory, the hearings signal that the public debate has gotten loud enough that lawmakers feel they have to be a part o...

Oct 10, 2012 / NationAction

Red Cross, Crisis Group Issue Bleak Afghan Forecasts Red Cross, Crisis Group Issue Bleak Afghan Forecasts

Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta spews happy talk at a NATO meeting.

Oct 10, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Biden Should Rip Ryan on Neglect of Hometown Workers Biden Should Rip Ryan on Neglect of Hometown Workers

Romney said, “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.” Ryan cast votes that hastened the collape of “Detroit West”—the auto region he represented.

Oct 10, 2012 / John Nichols

Puzzle No. 3256 Puzzle No. 3256

Don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

Oct 10, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Letters Letters

Fractivists get serious, “free” speech far from the RNC, la belle France nukes paradise…

Oct 10, 2012 / Our Readers

Universities Dump Adidas Over Labor Disputes Universities Dump Adidas Over Labor Disputes

In its reckless quest to overtake Nike in the sportswear market, Adidas built a footloose global supply chain to force its factories into cut-throat competition.

Oct 9, 2012 / StudentNation / Garrett Shishido Strain

Coal Company CEO Dreams of Romney as President, Jim Inhofe as Head of EPA Coal Company CEO Dreams of Romney as President, Jim Inhofe as Head of EPA

Coal companies are using a number of tactics to help boost Mitt Romney's chances this November. 

Oct 9, 2012 / Lee Fang

‘Occupy Unmasked’—Unmasked ‘Occupy Unmasked’—Unmasked

The documentary, starring the late Andrew Breitbart, is a deranged hodge-podge of bizarre memes, wild dot-connecting and unadulterated fury.

Oct 9, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Michael Tracey

The Right-Wing Catholic Vice-Presidential Voter Guide The Right-Wing Catholic Vice-Presidential Voter Guide

The Family Research Council tries to swing Catholic voters on social issues, or as they call it, "intrinsic evils."

Oct 9, 2012 / Ben Adler

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