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Rubin Agonistes Rubin Agonistes

Alter-Reviews and Reed Richardson zeros in on the flip-flop blogging of the Washington Post's Jenifer Rubin.

Feb 24, 2012 / Eric Alterman

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino

Would the GOP contenders feel the same about immigration if the folks trying to cross the border were Canadians?

Feb 24, 2012 / Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

Follow the Urine! Ryan Braun Makes a Kind of History Follow the Urine! Ryan Braun Makes a Kind of History

Because a set of bizarre circumstances surrounding his drug test, reigning MVP Ryan Braunhas become the first player in history to successfully challenge a steroid-related penalty ...

Feb 24, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb? Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb?

Comcast’s new minority-owned channels are the direct result of a deal cut with civil rights organizations. So where are the women’s channels?

Feb 24, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Romney’s Irresponsible Tax Plan Romney’s Irresponsible Tax Plan

Desperate to fend off Rick Santorum’s challenge from the right, Mitt released a plan to increase the deficit. 

Feb 24, 2012 / Ben Adler

This Week in Poverty: Deal on Unemployment Benefits Leaves Out Poorest This Week in Poverty: Deal on Unemployment Benefits Leaves Out Poorest

Congress extended unemployment benefits, but it’s no good for those who’ve been jobless the longest.

Feb 24, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

GOP Debate: Birth Control = Gun Control… or Something

GOP Debate: Birth Control = Gun Control… or Something GOP Debate: Birth Control = Gun Control… or Something

At the Republicans’ Arizona debate, held a couple hours from where Gabby Giffords was shot, no one raised the issue of gun control.

Feb 23, 2012 / Leslie Savan

Virginia Students Hunger-Strike for Living Wage

Virginia Students Hunger-Strike for Living Wage Virginia Students Hunger-Strike for Living Wage

As a last resort to end a fourteen-year campaign for a living wage, fifteen students are now on day six of a hunger strike.

Feb 23, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

In Defense of Republican Debates In Defense of Republican Debates

Think the GOP field is bad? Just imagine how much worse it would be without the debates. 

Feb 23, 2012 / Ben Adler

Denied a Seat at Issa’s Hearing, Georgetown Student Has Her Day on the Hill Denied a Seat at Issa’s Hearing, Georgetown Student Has Her Day on the Hill

Democrats held a hearing on Capitol Hill today to hear about women that have been denied contraceptive access by a religious institution.

Feb 23, 2012 / George Zornick

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