Bonanza for Over-Builders Bonanza for Over-Builders
I just don't get it. When Congress approves gifts worth billions of dollars to people who don't deserve a dime, why isn't it front page news? On Nov. 6, when President Obama sign...
Nov 17, 2009 / Laura Flanders
No Armistice In War on Poor No Armistice In War on Poor
Armistice Day reminds us that when wars end, the winners and losers are supposed to make peace. For the first time, in 2009, leaders of World War II enemies, Germany and France, co...
Nov 12, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Unequal Power, Unequal Access Unequal Power, Unequal Access
"If women are denied a chance to develop their full human potential, including their potential to lead healthier and at least somewhat happier lives, is society as a whole rea...
Nov 11, 2009 / Laura Flanders
What Do the Bishops Have That We Don’t? What Do the Bishops Have That We Don’t?
The House passed its version of health-care legislation Saturday night by a vote of 220 to 215 after the approval of an amendment which amounts to a not-very-back door abortion b...
Nov 10, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Palin’s Pet Has Taliban Ties? Palin’s Pet Has Taliban Ties?
One week before Election Day, the special election to fill a vacant House seat in New York's North Country is heating up. It's a three-way split, pitting a Republican, a Democrat, ...
Oct 29, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Bombings in Baghdad Threaten DC’s Security. Bombings in Baghdad Threaten DC’s Security.
"Deadliest bombs since '07 shatter Iraqi Complexes. Key Government Sites. Synchronized car blast kill more than 130 -- Security issue." So reads the headline in ...
Oct 26, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Health Care Hoax Worse Than Balloon Boy Health Care Hoax Worse Than Balloon Boy
An attention grab that held millions of Americans transfixed. A story that seemed to be about life in the balance. It dominated the airwaves, the social networks, held Americans in...
Oct 20, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Geithner’s All Ears for the Debt Cartel Geithner’s All Ears for the Debt Cartel
Months ago, a former chief economist at the IMF called it mind control. Talking to Simon Johnson of the Atlantic Monthly, he explained that one of the most alarming truths laid b...
Oct 13, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Punch in the Streets, Not in the Suites at G-20 Punch in the Streets, Not in the Suites at G-20
The G20 summit wrapped up in Pittsburgh Friday with pledges but little punch. Except in the streets. On climate change, world leaders vowed "strong action" and...
Sep 29, 2009 / Laura Flanders
OOPS! The ACORN Ban Could Snag Lockheed & Catholic Charities OOPS! The ACORN Ban Could Snag Lockheed & Catholic Charities
Continuing the GOP's attack on the poor people's organizing group ACORN, the House and Senate -- by wide margins -- have voted to bar ACORN from receiving federal funding...
Sep 25, 2009 / Laura Flanders