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Fear of a Black (& Brown & Yellow) Electoratenew
On June 25, the Supreme Court struck the biggest blow against civil rights since Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, striking down a key section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act as unconstitutional.
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Paul Rosenberg |
07-01-2013 |
Commentary
Prosperity vs. Austerity Economicsnew
“Instead of the austerity agenda that we have now, focused on debt, this growth agenda is focused, really, on restoring broad-based economic growth and our democracy,” said Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker in a late-August teleconference.
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Paul Rosenberg |
09-21-2012 |
Commentary
How the Republican Brain Plays Defensenew
The Romney campaign disseminates so many lies that it’s impossible to keep track of them all.
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Paul Rosenberg |
08-16-2012 |
Commentary
ALEC Normalizes Corruption In Statehouses Across the Landnew
For almost four decades, the American Legislative Exchange Council, known by its acronym, “ALEC,” has worked hard on behalf of corporate America and right wing causes, helping to draft, build support for and pass laws through state legislatures across the nation—and doing so in relative anonymity, even as it skirts numerous state laws limiting corporate gift-giving and other forms of influence-peddling. It was never really clear why ALEC’s existence stayed such a secret, particularly since it wasn’t a secret. It’s just that, somehow, people seemed to ignore it, even though it wielded staggering amounts of power in legally questionable ways.
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Paul Rosenberg |
06-01-2012 |
Commentary
Scooting On Justice: Bush Lets Loyal Crook Walk
President Bush's commutation of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr.'s 30-month prison sentence for perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI drew sharp criticisms from across the political spectrum.
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Paul Rosenberg |
07-12-2007 |
Commentary
Healing or Hiding?
The real legacy of Gerald R. Ford.
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Paul Rosenberg |
12-29-2006 |
Commentary
Recovering America's Values from a Web of Lies
John Kerry has been talking a lot about values -- a key to a possible victory in November. But in doing so he's confronting a welter of myths, if not outright lies. The better he understands that,
the better his chances of success.
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Paul Rosenberg |
07-20-2004 |
Commentary
