The 2012 elections are critical to defeating the 1%
With the 2012 elections less than a year away, the entire right wing is amassing great sums of money in order to win. They want to take over the White House and the both houses of Congress.
President Obama should veto the National Defense Authorization Act
The defense spending bill includes a provision allowing for the indefinite detention without trial of al-Qaida suspects and their allies.
Republican senator admits that latest GOP filibuster was sabotage
The GOP vote against President Obama's nominee to the Consumer Financial Protection Board was to sabotage the agency.
‘Tis the season to be jolly on Wall Street
Financial industry insiders are grousing about a big downturn in annual bonuses. They should be thanking about the rest of us.
Confronting the walking dead: John Quiggin's "Zombie Economics"
The zombie metaphor is both witty and apt when discussing how ideas about society and finance that have alarmingly failed refuse to stay dead and buried.
Arctic drilling? Cain should not be able!
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge provides a home to countless species of wildlife, some of which are endangered.
GOP insincerity shows when it comes to the environment
Private sector jobs are important, but our democratic rights are more important.
Class warfare: what goes around comes around
The Republican Party is excoriating everyone from the president to the occupiers of cities around the country for fanning the flames of "class warfare."
W.Va. Democrat Tomblin beats back right wing in governor's race
The tally in the low turnout election was just under 50 percent for Tomblin, 47.5 percent for Republican drilling executive Bill Maloney, with the remainder going for Mountain Party candidate.
The GOP’s war on climate change
The GOP has deliberately and strategically turned a collective blind eye to the threat of climate change and it's real global danger.
