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Dems Go Queer, For a Night Dems Go Queer, For a Night

On Thursday night, Logo (the gay network owned by Viacom) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) sponsored a Democratic Presidential forum on gay issues. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton...

Aug 11, 2007 / Richard Kim

AT&T Censors Criticism of Bush AT&T Censors Criticism of Bush

Telecommunications giant AT&T says no one should worry about their aggressive lobbying to eliminate net neutrality -- the first amendment of the internet that guarantees equali...

Aug 9, 2007 / John Nichols

Kill Or Convert, Brought To You By the Pentagon Kill Or Convert, Brought To You By the Pentagon

Actor Stephen Baldwin, the youngest member of the famous Baldwin brothers, is no longer playing Pauly Shore's sidekick in comedy masterpieces like Biodome. He has a much more serio...

Aug 8, 2007 / Max Blumenthal

A Gay Debate? A Gay Debate?

On Thursday at 9PM (ET), Logo (the gay network owned by Viacom) and the Human Rights Campaign are sponsoring a Democratic Presidential forum on gay issues. Barack, Hillary, John, D...

Aug 7, 2007 / Richard Kim

Bush to Karzai: Will You Just Shut Up About Iran? Bush to Karzai: Will You Just Shut Up About Iran?

Things got a little testy at the Camp David Summit between Afghan President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and American President George Bush. Karzai, who when he is in the U.S. is e...

Aug 6, 2007 / John Nichols

Mea Culpa Time Mea Culpa Time

It's a bad Sunday when I don't agree with Frank Rich. His brilliant, elegant New York Times column has consistently and mercilessly exposed the cruelty, folly and hypocrisy of gove...

Aug 6, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Now That’s a Patriot Act Now That’s a Patriot Act

Now here is a Patriot Act everyone can get behind. It's called the Patriot Corporation of America Act and it rewards the companies that don't screw their employees and weaken the c...

Aug 3, 2007 / William Greider

The Weekly Standard’s Strange Sources The Weekly Standard’s Strange Sources

The war in Iraq has sparked a parallel war between two of Washington's most prominent partisan political publications, The New Republic and the Weekly Standard. The war has been ak...

Aug 3, 2007 / Max Blumenthal

Hillary Silent on Murdoch Hillary Silent on Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch's takeover of the Wall Street Journal this week is drawing the ire of some Democrats running for President. Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd called the deal "a s...

Aug 3, 2007 / Ari Berman

Saying No To Bush & Saudis Saying No To Bush & Saudis

At least one high-profile presidential candidate has come out against the Bush Administration's proposed $20 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia. "Congress needs to stand firm ...

Aug 2, 2007 / Ari Berman

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