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The Tea Party Leads a Revolution Against Itself The Tea Party Leads a Revolution Against Itself

Tea Party–backed House freshmen pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars from the same Wall Street firms they once railed against.

May 26, 2011 / Leslie Savan

Access Journalism: The Movie Access Journalism: The Movie

Perhaps the main value of Too Big to Fail is the instruction it provides on the limits of mainstream journalism in the decade that led up to the global financial meltdown.

May 25, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Koch Industries’ Tar Sands Pipeline Threatens to Destroy Midwest Aquifer Koch Industries’ Tar Sands Pipeline Threatens to Destroy Midwest Aquifer

Koch Industries stands to profit off of a pipeline that threatens to leak toxins into the Midwest's water supply, and so do our politicians. Tell Hillary Clinton to represent the w...

May 23, 2011 / Brave New Films

Eric Schneiderman: One Lawman With the Guts to Go After Wall Street Eric Schneiderman: One Lawman With the Guts to Go After Wall Street

The fix was in to let Wall Street off the hook once and for all... until last week when the attorney general of New York refused to go along.

May 18, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Bitten Once, Obama Is Not Shy About Offshore Oil Drilling

Bitten Once, Obama Is Not Shy About Offshore Oil Drilling Bitten Once, Obama Is Not Shy About Offshore Oil Drilling

President Obama is once again calling for increased offshore oil drilling—despite the fact that key safety issues have yet to be addressed.

May 17, 2011 / George Zornick

US Uncut Targets Corporate Tax Evaders US Uncut Targets Corporate Tax Evaders

The fast-growing protest group believes that instead of asking citizens to sacrifice, government should demand that corporations pay their taxes.

May 11, 2011 / Feature / Allison Kilkenny

US Uncut Brings Its Lesson to a Corporate Tax Dodger US Uncut Brings Its Lesson to a Corporate Tax Dodger

On April 30, US Uncut protesters came to New York CIty to hold classes in lobbies of one of the biggest corporate tax dodgers in the US: Bank of America.

May 11, 2011 / The Nation

The F Word: Is BP Too Big To Fail? The F Word: Is BP Too Big To Fail?

Now to the opposite of cuts. Over a year after the biggest oil spill in US history and even as criminal investigations continue, BP is still receiving millions of dollars in go...

May 3, 2011 / Laura Flanders

It’s Time to Take on the Grand Old Polluting Party It’s Time to Take on the Grand Old Polluting Party

Obama has asked for an end to massive tax subsidies to oil and gas companies, and even Republican House Speaker John Boehner thought it was a good idea—for a second, that is.

Apr 28, 2011 / MSNBC

Let’s Admit the Truth About American Royals Let’s Admit the Truth About American Royals

According to polls, only about 6 percent of Americans are following with any close attention the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.  But that's not stop...

Apr 27, 2011 / Laura Flanders

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