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The IRS and the Real Scandal
by Robert Reich
Pope Francis Condemns the Cult of Greed, Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan Support It
by Brent Budowsky
Pyromaniacs on the Potomac: The Problem With Obama’s Second Term
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The Right Wing Outrage Industrial Complex’s Complicated Week
by Tina DupuyPolitics»
The IRS and the Real Scandal
May 19, 2013 1:00 pm-
The Triumph of Progressivism: Graduation 2013 and 1968by Robert Reich Many of you soon-to-be college graduates are determined to make the world a better place. Some...by Robert Reich on May 17, 2013 6:00 am -
IRS Office That Targeted Tea Party Also Disclosed Confidential Docs From Conservative Groupsby Kim Barker and Justin Elliott ProPublica The same IRS office that deliberatelytargeted conservative groups...by ProPublica.org on May 15, 2013 6:00 am -
Where’s the Passion to Courageously Serve and Lead?Rep. Darrell Issa and Ambassador Thomas Pickering on NBC’s Meet the Press This is The Monday Line by Denis...by Denis G Campbell on May 13, 2013 6:00 am
Business & Economy»
Pope Francis Condemns the Cult of Greed, Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan Support It
May 19, 2013 1:00 am-
Pyromaniacs on the Potomac: The Problem With Obama’s Second Termby Robert Reich Six months into a second term and the Obama White House is on the defensive and floundering: Benghazi,...by Robert Reich on May 18, 2013 12:45 pm -
On Victory Drive, Soldiers Defeated by DebtTitle Credit Finance is two doors down from Cashwells Title Pawn and World Finance Corp. on Victory Drive outside...by ProPublica.org on May 16, 2013 6:00 am -
The 182% Loan: How Installment Lenders Put Borrowers in a World of HurtKatrina Sutton of McDonough, Ga., stands outside the World Finance storefront where she took out an installment...by ProPublica.org on May 14, 2013 6:00 am
Sustainability»
The Climate of Capitalism
May 5, 2013 6:10 pm-
Methane Outbreak Alert!by Robert Hunziker A cadre of the world’s top climate scientists have seen enough evidence of prospective runaway...by Robert Hunziker on April 28, 2013 7:00 pm -
What Went Wrong in West, Texas — and Where Were the Regulators?A member of the Valley Mills Fire Department walks among the remains of an apartment complex next to the fertilizer...by ProPublica.org on April 27, 2013 10:02 pm -
400K Hiroshima Atomic Bombs Per Dayby Robert L. Hunziker The energy of four hundred thousand (400,000) Hiroshima atomic bombs is how much energy imbalance...by Robert Hunziker on April 21, 2013 3:00 pm
Media/Tech»
The Right Wing Outrage Industrial Complex’s Complicated Week
May 18, 2013 1:00 am-
The Most Important #Muckreads on Rape in the MilitaryMen and women marines stand in formation at Camp Delaram in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (Paula Bronstein/Getty...by ProPublica.org on May 16, 2013 8:27 pm -
Heritage Foundation, a Harvard Conservative, and the Conservative Crackupby Brent Budowsky It was a terrible week for the right. In my column about The GOP’s Hillary problem, I suggested...by Brent Budowsky on May 13, 2013 6:00 pm -
Donald Trump, Rape Apologistby Tina Dupuy Donald Trump thinks it’s a no-brainer that so many American servicewomen are raped by their fellow...by Tina Dupuy on May 10, 2013 6:00 am
Reflections On»
Op Ed: Is Basic Literacy and the Joy of Reading Gone Forever?
May 17, 2013 8:00 pm-
Tom Joyner’s Homophobic Message to the Black CommunityRev. Irene Monroe On May 1st, Jason Collins, the 7′ 0″ center for the Washington Wizards, and...by Rev. Irene Monroe on May 15, 2013 6:00 pm -
Working Mother’s Dayby Robert Reich My mother went into paid work soon after my father’s clothing store was flooded out in a hurricane,...by Robert Reich on May 14, 2013 6:00 pm -
Op-Ed: Guantanamo Hunger Strike Spotlights Obama’s CrueltyBy Sherwood Ross May 17th will mark the 100th day more than 100 of Guantanamo’s 166 remaining prisoners will...by Sherwood Ross on May 12, 2013 2:30 pm
Recent Articles
Sexual Assaults and Nuclear Missiles: What’s the Matter With the Military?
by Robert Reich After years of repeated reports of sexual assaults — and years of promises to prevent them, and then years of studies and commissions to find the best way of doing so — a Defense Department study released Tuesday estimates that some 26,000 people in the military were sexually assaulted in the last fiscal year, up [...]
Reversal of Fortune: A Prosecutor on Trial
by Raymond Bonner Special to ProPublica For 30 years, Ken Anderson was the face of law enforcement in Williamson County, Texas, first as a bearded district attorney asking the court for tough sentences, and for the last 10 years handing those kinds of sentences out as a judge. Earlier this month, his beard gone, his [...]
Kansas Governor Insists it’s OK to Ignore Federal Gun Laws
by Lois Beckett ProPublica Dozens of states are considering bills that attempt to nullify federal gun laws. One such bill became a law last month in Kansas. It exempts “Made in Kansas” guns from federal regulation and makes it a crime for federal agents to enforce federal law. Attorney General Eric Holder recently wrote to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, saying [...]
Op-Ed: Drone Strikes Fueling Anti-US Hatred as Fear Spreads in Middle East
by Sherwood Ross U.S. drone strikes are creating cadres of anti-American fighters, furious over the killing and wounding of thousands of civilians. Far from the drone attacks being “on a very tight leash,” as President Obama claimed, they have generated widespread terror across Muslim populations in the attack regions as they disrupt civilian lives and [...]
Anti-Keynesian Economics’ Homophobe Niall Ferguson
by Rev. Irene Monroe There are a lot of sound reasons to critique Keynesian economics, but a reason that its creator was gay shouldn’t be one of them. Niall Ferguson, the Laurence A. TischProfessor of History at Harvard University, has sadly, in 2013, just found that out. Ferguson’s speech to investors and [...]
GOP Benghazi Hearings a Partisan Disgrace
by Brent Budowsky Perhaps during his next partisan exploitation of the tragic death of Americans at Benghazi, Libya, in political hearings paid for by American taxpayers, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) can replay then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warning him, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and other Republicans that their efforts to cut diplomatic security spending will [...]
Intern vs. Mayor: Battle Bares Bloomberg’s Argument for Secrecy
by Sergio Hernandez Special to ProPublica In November 2010, I was earning $300 a week for The Village Voice, blogging about unemployed actors who moonlit as bed bug exterminators and a city project to make biofuel out of toilet water. One afternoon, then-Schools Chancellor Joel Klein stunned the city by suddenly resigning his post of eight [...]
Everything We Know About What’s Happened Under Sequestration
by Theodoric Meyer ProPublica We’ve updated our sequestration explainer to reflect new developments. It was originally published on April 11, 2013. When the annual White House Easter Egg Hunt faced cancellation this year due to the package of mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration, the National Park Service kicked into high gear. It rescued the event [...]
The High Price of ‘Not Being Arsed’ to Vote
This is The Monday Line (Bank Holiday edition) by Denis Campbell The biggest threat to Democrats retaking the US House and holding the Senate or Labour winning the 2015 UK General Election is neither the candidates nor issues. Rather, it’s voter apathy and weariness with the daily parade of ‘stupid’ from those who govern [...]
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