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What I Saw at the Revolution
Will Bunch –Author, ‘The Backlash’ Posted: 10/5/11 09:17 AM ET I attended my first revolution this week. I have to confess I was a little...
Jay Murdock
Oct 6, 20117 min read


Alabama’s HB56 Shows Racism Still Part of State Culture
Keith Rushing – Communications Manager, Rights Working Group Posted: 10/4/11 01:16 PM ET Last week, a federal court’s decision allowed...
Jay Murdock
Oct 5, 20114 min read


Republican Race to the Bottom on Education
Bill Burton – Senior Strategist, Priorities USA Action and Priorities USA Posted: 10/3/11 10:50 AM ET When you hear Democrats talk...
Jay Murdock
Oct 4, 20113 min read


Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales
In May 2008, a unit of Koch Industries Inc., one of the world’s largest privately held companies, sent Ludmila Egorova-Farines, its newly...
Jay Murdock
Oct 2, 201126 min read


The Men We Trusted to Lead Us
Robert Scheer: Editor, Truthdig.com; Author, ‘The Great American Stickup’ Posted: 9/29/11 03:26 AM ET Now he tells us. On Wednesday...
Jay Murdock
Sep 30, 20113 min read


Our Economic Policy Is Up a Creek With a Paddle
Jared Bernstein – Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Posted: 9/29/11 05:13 PM ET It’s one thing to be up the creek...
Jay Murdock
Sep 30, 20113 min read


Issue 2: Ohio Public Unions Try to Overturn SB5 at the Ballot Box
Chris Mazzolini – christopher.mazzolini@patch.com Posted: 9/26/2011 Ohio voters prepare for intense and historic campaign over collective...
Jay Murdock
Sep 26, 20116 min read


Super PACs And Secret Money: The Unregulated Shadow Campaign
Paul Blumenthal – paulblumenthal@huffingtonpost.com First Posted: 9/26/11 10:40 AM ET – Updated: 9/26/11 01:32 PM ET This article is part...
Jay Murdock
Sep 26, 20119 min read


Is Our Nation on the Titanic?
A theologian friend took her car to a Jiffy Lube for servicing. Not having anything to read, she picked up a manual on the coffee table...
Jay Murdock
Sep 25, 20114 min read


Republicans Cry “Class Warfare” All the Way to the Bank
Lennard DavisDistinguished Professor – University of Illinois at Chicago Posted: 9/19/11 01:10 PM ET It’s been a tough week for...
Jay Murdock
Sep 20, 20113 min read


You Bet It’s Class Warfare
Andy Ostroy Political & pop culture analyst Posted: 9/19/11 11:00 AM ET Its called the “Millionaire’s Tax”, and it’s pure genius....
Jay Murdock
Sep 20, 20114 min read


Dick Durbin: GOP Candidates ‘Bow And Genuflect’ To Tea Party
Senator Dick Durbin: First Posted: 9/18/11 10:40 AM ET Updated: 9/18/11 12:55 PM ET GOP candidates “bow and genuflect” to the Tea Party,...
Jay Murdock
Sep 19, 20111 min read


‘Job Creators’ or ‘Hostage Takers?’
Peter M. Shane – Author, ‘Madison’s Nightmare;’ law professor, E-democracy researcher Posted: 9/16/11 01:13 PM ET When I started...
Jay Murdock
Sep 18, 20113 min read


Paul Ryan, Herman Cain Push For Tax Increases On Middle Class
Ryan Grim: Huffington Post – ryan@huffingtonpost.com , First Posted: 9/18/11 10:24 AM ET Updated: 9/18/11 12:53 PM ET WASHINGTON — Rep....
Jay Murdock
Sep 18, 20113 min read


Job Wars: Republicans Strike Back
Bob Burnett – Berkeley writer; retired Silicon Valley executive – Posted: 9/18/11 11:10 AM ET One week after President Obama addressed a...
Jay Murdock
Sep 18, 20114 min read


3 Years After Lehman Brothers Collapsed, and We Haven’t Learned a Friggin’ Thing
Jeff Reeves: Financial journalist, Editor, InvestorPlace.com Posted: 9/16/11 02:23 PM ET On Sept. 15, 2008, the world learned a...
Jay Murdock
Sep 17, 20116 min read


Discouraging News on Child Poverty
Marian Wright Edelman – President, Children’s Defense Fund Posted: 9/16/11 04:01 PM ET Thirteen-year-old Brittanie Potter and her...
Jay Murdock
Sep 17, 20113 min read


Cable News Debate Coverage Is Hurting Democracy
Bob Cesca – Producer, Editor of BobCesca.com Posted: 9/15/11 08:06 PM ET Chuck Todd likes to occasionally refer to the political press as...
Jay Murdock
Sep 16, 20116 min read


The Agenda We Left Behind
Patricia McGuire – President, Trinity Washington University Posted: 9/15/11 12:00 AM ET Among the many consequences of September 11, our...
Jay Murdock
Sep 16, 20114 min read


Tea Party America
Paul Stoller, Professor of Anthropology, West Chester University; Author, ‘The Power of the Between’ :Posted: 9/14/11 02:22 PM ET By...
Jay Murdock
Sep 15, 20114 min read
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