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Breaking the Cycle of Anger

Breaking the Cycle of Anger Breaking the Cycle of Anger

Prabhjot Singh’s clemency toward his at-large attackers should be admired, not taken as a sign of weakness.

Sep 26, 2013 / Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Palin Adviser Used Dark Money Group to Fund ‘Mystery’ Attack Ads

Palin Adviser Used Dark Money Group to Fund ‘Mystery’ Attack Ads Palin Adviser Used Dark Money Group to Fund ‘Mystery’ Attack Ads

Sarah Palin’s main political adviser used a dark-money group to finance undisclosed campaign ads last year, new documents show. 

Sep 26, 2013 / Lee Fang

Slave Labor? Mass Prisons? FIFA Mangles the World Cup and the Beautiful Game

Slave Labor? Mass Prisons? FIFA Mangles the World Cup and the Beautiful Game Slave Labor? Mass Prisons? FIFA Mangles the World Cup and the Beautiful Game

News out of Brazil and Qatar put World Cup preparations in a horrible new light. 

Sep 26, 2013 / Dave Zirin

House GOP Debt-Ceiling Plan: Paul Ryan’s Losing Ideas From 2012

House GOP Debt-Ceiling Plan: Paul Ryan’s Losing Ideas From 2012 House GOP Debt-Ceiling Plan: Paul Ryan’s Losing Ideas From 2012

In return for allowing the debt ceiling to rise, House Republicans are promoting the agenda voters rejected in 2012.

Sep 26, 2013 / John Nichols

Iraq Warns the US: ‘Don’t Arm the Syrian Rebels’

Iraq Warns the US: ‘Don’t Arm the Syrian Rebels’ Iraq Warns the US: ‘Don’t Arm the Syrian Rebels’

Vast carnage in Iraq as Syrian spillover threatens to reignite Iraq’s own civil war.

Sep 26, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

Thinking Like a Conservative (Part Two): Biding Time on Voting Rights

Thinking Like a Conservative (Part Two): Biding Time on Voting Rights Thinking Like a Conservative (Part Two): Biding Time on Voting Rights

Pay attention when conservatives talk to one another: they reveal their sedulous plans.

Sep 26, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Reading Obama’s Iran Speech

Reading Obama’s Iran Speech Reading Obama’s Iran Speech

President Obama’s speech at the UN reflected extraordinary shifts in global politics and the possibility of a new approach to US-Iran relations.

Sep 25, 2013 / Phyllis Bennis

How to Think Like a Conservative About Mass Shootings and Gun Control

How to Think Like a Conservative About Mass Shootings and Gun Control How to Think Like a Conservative About Mass Shootings and Gun Control

When liberals experience the trauma of a mass shootings, they feel from the bottom of our hearts: we need more gun control. When conservatives do, they feel: we need less.

Sep 25, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Thousands of Grocery Workers Vote on Strike Authorization

Thousands of Grocery Workers Vote on Strike Authorization Thousands of Grocery Workers Vote on Strike Authorization

Tens of thousands of grocery workers in the Northwest may soon be on strike as part of a fight for healthcare benefits and living wages.

Sep 25, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny

Sabotaging Obamacare Is a Lucrative Endeavor for Some

Sabotaging Obamacare Is a Lucrative Endeavor for Some Sabotaging Obamacare Is a Lucrative Endeavor for Some

Campaign consultants and health insurance agents stand to gain from sabatoging the rollout of health reform. 

Sep 25, 2013 / Lee Fang

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