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The Great Switch by the Super Rich
Robert Reich Forty years ago, wealthy Americans financed the U.S. government mainly through their tax payments. Today wealthy Americans...
Jay Murdock
May 23, 20112 min read


Rush Limbaugh Scrambles to Un-Man Obama After Osama bin Laden killing
Jackson Katz – Author, educator, cultural theorist – Posted: 05/13/11 12:48 PM ET Jackson Katz If journalism is the first draft of...
Jay Murdock
May 15, 20117 min read


Big Oil’s Political Ploy
William S. Becker – Energy and Climate Policy Expert, Natural Capitalism Solutions Posted: 05/13/11 02:09 PM ET Whatever else we might...
Jay Murdock
May 15, 20117 min read


The Battle for the Soul of the GOP
The real battle for the soul of the GOP started today with a speech on Wall Street by Speaker of the House John Boehner. Wall Street and...
Jay Murdock
May 13, 20113 min read


Poverty in the Era of Data
The more you know about your enemy, the easier it is to beat it. This is true for wars against armies, diseases or corruption — good...
Jay Murdock
May 13, 20114 min read


Meet the Latest Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Deborah Mathis: BlackAmericaWeb.com – Date: Monday, May 09, 2011, 5:18 am Somewhere between online window shopping and organizing the...
Jay Murdock
May 11, 20113 min read


Reassessing The Cost Of The Post-9/11 Era, Post Bin Laden
Dan Froomkin – froomkin@huffingtonpost.com Become a fan of this reporter WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden’s death doesn’t end the post-9/11...
Jay Murdock
May 11, 20115 min read


Tortured Logic, Continued
William Hartung: Director, Arms and Security Project, Center for International Policy Posted: 05/ 7/11 01:53 PM ET The Obama...
Jay Murdock
May 8, 20112 min read


It’s Been a Bad Week for GOP Lies About Obama
Mitchell Bard Writer/Filmmaker Posted 05/07/2011 A study came out this week demonstrating, not surprisingly, that pundits and politicians...
Jay Murdock
May 8, 20115 min read


Democrats and Wall Street
Mike Lux – Author, The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in America Came to Be Posted: 05/ 6/11 04:27 PM ET The Republicans in the...
Jay Murdock
May 7, 20114 min read


Obama: Fighting a Smarter War on Terror
Ashwin Madia – Interim Chairman of VoteVets.org Posted: 05/ 6/11 12:04 PM ET What is becoming clear, following the killing of Osama bin...
Jay Murdock
May 6, 20113 min read


Mission Accomplished
#PoliticsNews #Obama911 #BarackObama #ObamaOsamaBinLaden #OsamaBinLadenDeath #BarackObamaGroundZero #BarackObamaOsamaBinLaden...
Jay Murdock
May 5, 20111 min read


Osama Bin Laden Dead, Obama Announces
Osama Bin Laden is dead, President Obama announced Sunday night, in a televised address to the nation. His death was the result of a U.S....
Jay Murdock
May 2, 20116 min read


Obama Got It Right
Nathaniel Zelinsky – Yale University undergraduate Posted: 05/ 2/11 01:16 AM ET I just sat with 50 other Yale students for over an hour...
Jay Murdock
May 2, 20112 min read


Why This Black Scholar Feels Sorry for Donald Trump
Dr. Boyce Watkins – Professor, Syracuse University Posted: 05/ 1/11 03:51 PM ET Like nearly every other black man in America, I’ve been...
Jay Murdock
May 2, 20112 min read


White House Correspondents Dinner: Obama Takes On Trump, Birthers, The Media, And More (VIDEO)
AP/The Huffington Post: First Posted: 04/30/11 08:33 PM ET Updated: 05/ 1/11 10:45 AM ET WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama exercised...
Jay Murdock
May 1, 20113 min read


The Strengths and Weaknesses of American Exceptionalism
David Coates Worrell – Professor of Anglo-American Studies, Wake Forest University, Department of Politics – Posted: 04/29/11 11:30 PM...
Jay Murdock
May 1, 20119 min read


GOP Strategists Fear Fallout From Obama Birth Record
By David M. Drucker: Roll Call Staff April 28, 2011, 12:01 a.m. The question of whether President Barack Obama was born on U.S. soil will...
Jay Murdock
May 1, 20114 min read


Racism on Ivy League Campus and by Alum Donald Trump Cut From Same Ugly Cloth
Will Bunch – Author, “Backlash” Posted: 04/29/11 11:50 AM ET Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about Barack Obama, Donald Trump… and...
Jay Murdock
Apr 30, 20114 min read


How Americans Really Think About Wealth
OK, so I confess I woke myself up at 3:45 a.m. to watch the royal wedding, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Who doesn’t like a good fairy...
Jay Murdock
Apr 30, 20113 min read
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