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Four Spending Myths That Could Wreck Our World Four Spending Myths That Could Wreck Our World

This is how not to solve an American crisis.

Jul 17, 2012 / Mattea Kramer

Whose Side Is the American Farm Bureau On? Whose Side Is the American Farm Bureau On?

The answer—Big Ag. Just ask the family farmers who dared to protest an industrial hog farm in Missouri.

Jul 16, 2012 / Ian T. Shearn

How Mitt Romney’s Father Would Have Left Bain Capital How Mitt Romney’s Father Would Have Left Bain Capital

George Romney’s record as a businessman and politician show just how different Mitt’s approach to public service really is.

Jul 16, 2012 / Lee Fang

When Rape Jokes Aren’t Funny When Rape Jokes Aren’t Funny

Rape jokes that expose the cruelty of the act can be funny. Tosh’s wasn’t. 

Jul 16, 2012 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Fighting Back in the Age of the Super PACs Katrina vanden Heuvel: Fighting Back in the Age of the Super PACs

In an election landscape where corporate power is virtually unchecked, some local governments are taking matters into their own hands.

Jul 16, 2012 / Press Room

Could the Radical Left Win in Greece?

Could the Radical Left Win in Greece? Could the Radical Left Win in Greece?

The once-marginal Syriza coalition could bring down the current weak government—but to attain power it must get more union support.

Jul 16, 2012 / Ari Paul

Republicans Poised to Block Campaign Finance Disclosure Bill Republicans Poised to Block Campaign Finance Disclosure Bill

 Republicans are likely to kill an important bill that would shine light on dark money in federal elections. 

Jul 16, 2012 / George Zornick

How Do Attacks on Bain Go Over With Wealthy Democrats? How Do Attacks on Bain Go Over With Wealthy Democrats?

With a pitch-perfect emblem of guilded-age greed as his opponent, and private equity in the spotlight, why isn't Obama much farther ahead in the polls?

Jul 16, 2012 / Chris Hayes

Romney Still Reaps Huge Profits From Bain’s Vulture Capitalism Romney Still Reaps Huge Profits From Bain’s Vulture Capitalism

Forget the silly debate about when Mitt handed over control of Bain. By his own arrangement, he never really left.

Jul 16, 2012 / John Nichols

The Military’s New Lily-Pad Strategy The Military’s New Lily-Pad Strategy

How the Pentagon is quietly transforming its overseas base empire and creating a dangerous new way of war.

Jul 16, 2012 / David Vine

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