February 27 10:46 PM
Talk no, vote yes!
A weird new tactic is highlighting the troubling extent to which the news media fails to hold our elected officials accountable. First, a politician calls a press conference where he issues a strident declaration for or against a bill. Big headlines follow. Then, when the matter comes up for a vote, he votes exactly the opposite of what he had said he would. And no one pays attention.
January 30 01:29 PM
WHO'S AFRAID OF JOHN EDWARDS?
Media Freezes Out a Threat to Corporate Owners
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January 26 01:57 PM
THE POLITICS OF DOPES
Barack Obama, Empty Suit
If Obama wins, he will only have had four years in Congress, next to Kennedy’s fourteen.
Read this storyJanuary 18 11:12 AM
American Democracy Relies on Fascism
An iron fist in a velvet glove
Read this storyDecember 20 02:16 PM
The Future of Newspapers
Amid the falling circulation numbers, there are notable exceptions.
Read this storyOctober 10 10:52 PM
SCAPEGOATING BLACKWATER
It isn’t just Blackwater. Official U.S. soldiers are no less stupid or vicious or trigger-happy than their private counterparts.
Read this storySeptember 29 04:29 PM
Downscaling MLK's Dream: The Jena 6
The Jena 6 hype is bizarre, while countless innocent African-American men rot in prison–some on death row–unjustly convicted because they couldn’t afford decent lawyers.
September 19 06:22 AM
War is bad for logic and other living things
Antiwar Left Shuns Iraqis
Read this storySeptember 04 05:19 PM
It did happen here
American Citizen Tortured, Convicted of Thought Crime
Read this storyAugust 15 12:01 PM
Wrong and white and read all over
Why do discredited Iraq hawks still cash In?
By Ted Rall
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