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Florida Lawmakers Reject ‘Stand Your Ground’ Special Session
08/20/13 05:47 PM ET EDT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — An overwhelming number of Florida legislators have rejected a call for a special session to...
Jay Murdock
Aug 20, 20131 min read


Civil Rights Cases: A Look At The Federal Government’s Role
By SUZANNE GAMBOA and CONNIE CASS: 08/18/13 10:12 AM ET EDT WASHINGTON — Almost as soon as George Zimmerman was pronounced “not guilty”...
Jay Murdock
Aug 20, 20137 min read


We Need a Change
Marian Wright Edelman: President, Children’s Defense Fund Posted: 08/16/2013 6:32 pm “Dear President Obama… Guns are really easy to get...
Jay Murdock
Aug 20, 20134 min read


Why Republicans Want Jobs To Stay Anemic
Robert Reich – Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley, Former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton...
Jay Murdock
Aug 11, 20132 min read


Invisible Children
Marian Wright Edelman: President, Children’s Defense Fund Posted: 08/09/2013 2:31 pm “I would say that, well, obviously my high school...
Jay Murdock
Aug 11, 20133 min read


Global Capital and the Nation State
Robert Reich: Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; Author, ‘Beyond Outrage’ – Posted:...
Jay Murdock
May 21, 20132 min read


Enabling Greed Makes U.S. Sick
At the end of a week that reminds us to be ever vigilant about the dangers of government overreaching its authority, whether by the long...
Jay Murdock
May 21, 20133 min read


Media Push Economic Inequality To The Backseat
ALBERT KLEINE – Media Matters May 14, 2013 Media outlets largely ignored economic inequality in discussions about the overall economy,...
Jay Murdock
May 14, 20132 min read


WATCH: The Myth of the ‘Free Market’
Originally posted at BillMoyers.com In my conversation with Marshall Ganz, the veteran activist and organizer challenges the notion of...
Jay Murdock
May 8, 20131 min read


The Remarkable Renaissance of John Kasich
By Andy Kroll – Mother Jones May. 6, 2013 3:00 AM PDT John Kasich, the Republican governor of Ohio, had hit rock bottom. It was March...
Jay Murdock
May 8, 20135 min read


Exposing ALEC’s Agenda to Defund and Dismantle Public Education
Dennis Van Roekel – President, National Education Association Posted: 05/07/2013 11:52 am Iron Man 3 just opened this past weekend,...
Jay Murdock
May 7, 20133 min read


ALEC Covering Tracks in Advance of Oklahoma Meeting
by Brendan Fischer — May 1, 2013 – 8:18am – Topics: Corporations, Democracy, Politics Projects: ALEC Exposed, Wisconsin Protests What’s...
Jay Murdock
May 1, 20134 min read


It’s Not About Thomas Perez, It’s Again About President Obama
Earl Ofari Hutchinson – Author and political analyst Posted: 04/28/2013 5:23 pm The GOP’s whiplash of President Obama’s Labor Secretary...
Jay Murdock
May 1, 20134 min read


Wealth Inequality: Core Challenge for National Security
By Edward Corcoran / Ret. Strategic Analyst, U.S. Army War College / 04/30/2013 America prides itself on being the Land of Opportunity,...
Jay Murdock
May 1, 20136 min read


Do-Nothing Congress Gives Inertia a Bad Name
Originally posted at BillMoyers.com If you want to see why the public approval rating of Congress is down in the sub-arctic range — an...
Jay Murdock
Apr 28, 20136 min read


When You Cheapen One Life, You Cheapen Every Life
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Writer; host, ‘The Breakdown’; Senior Fellow, Campaign for America’s Future Posted: 04/26/2013 6:49 pm This week...
Jay Murdock
Apr 28, 20138 min read


A Child Without Dreams
Marian Wright Edelman; President, Children’s Defense Fund Posted: 04/26/2013 5:08 pm Every day four children in America are killed by...
Jay Murdock
Apr 28, 20134 min read


Fox Ignores Economic History To Praise President Bush’s “Fiscal Discipline”
ANDREW LAWRENCE: MEDIA Matters April 25, 2013 2:42 PM EDT Fox News ignored economic history to forward the absurd claim that former...
Jay Murdock
Apr 26, 20131 min read


Rent is TOO Damn High!
#economy #Entertainment #Video
Jay Murdock
Apr 26, 20131 min read


Having Spent Millions Influencing Three Branches of Government, Kochs Look to Buy Fourth Estate
by Brendan Fischer: PR Watch – April 24, 2013 – 8:27am The billionaire industrialist Koch brothers have spent tens of millions for...
Jay Murdock
Apr 25, 20133 min read
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