Republicans push guns on campuses
The Republican Party in several states is hell bent on getting more guns into the hands of school kids, including, ridiculously enough, in Arizona.
"Islam radicals" hearing recalls Hollywood witchhunt
Peter King's congressional inquisition of the purported "radicalization" of U.S. Muslims is taking place the same month as the 60th anniversary of another all-American witch hunt.
Wisconsin Republicans’ victory will be short-lived
Republicans pulled a fast one last night, but Wisconsin workers have shown they will not take it lying down, and the key has been their "special sauce" - breadth and unity.
The GOP wants to suppress the student vote
Paul Krugman's recent quip - that the Republican leadership has adopted the slogan "Kill the Future" to counter Obama's "Win the Future" slogan in his State of the Union address - gets truer every day.
Deficit reality: Income inequality is the problem
Don't ask working people, employed or unemployed, who have few or no financial reserves, to solve the problem of exploding deficits.
Public workers are US
Under the guise of "fiscal responsibility" the tea party GOP extreme right at both the federal and state level is wielding a two-edged sword aimed at the heart of the black and Latino community's economic life.
Attention Glenn Beck: Capitalism, not unions, is the problem
Not missed by anyone in this majority African American city is the racist inference that Detroit's residents are the root of the problem.
New poll: Americans disagree with Republicans on Social Security, Medicare
The Republican leadership is setting itself up on a crash course with the sentiments of the American people - Democrats, independents and Republicans alike, according to a just-released poll.
Today's Republicans make Ike, Nixon and Reagan look like liberals
President Eisenhower opposed school integration, but even he took better positions than today's extremists.
