- More than 100 "Fracktivists" rallied for clean air and water outside the De...
- Washington, D.C.— Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) released the following...
- President Barack Obama was heckled during a speech at the National Defense ...
- LONDON—The International Monetary Fund urged the U.K. government to count...
- Washington, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced the ...
- President Barack Obama knows the dangers of not going far enough or fast en...
- Act would boost employment now for the many who need it, eliminate residual...
- The streets are so much darker now, since money for streetlights is rarely ...
- Washington is descending into another silly season. Let’s end this divers...
- "Ewww. Don't do it, Patrick. Don't do it. Dogs pee here." A woman was giv...
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- The Pentagon will ask Congress to approve about $79.5 billion for combat op...
- One of California’s great mysteries is the state’s governor, Jerry Brow...
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Obama campaign steps up appeals to women voters
Written by Krissah Thompson | The Washington Post
In the next week, the Obama campaign will redouble its efforts to woo women voters, as Republicans continue to distance themselves from Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin's controversial comments on rape and abortion.
The president’s campaign on Friday is releasing a Web video featuring several women who say they have left the GOP because of the party’s antiabortion stance.
Romney jokes about his birth certificate; Obama campaign accuses him of embracing ‘birtherism’
Written by Philip Rucker and Felicia Sonmez | Washington Post
Mitt Romney made a joke about his birth certificate at a rally here Friday that many in the crowd heard as a swipe at President Obama, who has been the subject of false theories about whether he was born in the United States.
Noting that he and his wife, Ann, were born in Michigan hospitals, Romney said: “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place where both of us were born and raised.”
Arizonification of the Republican Platform
Written by Jeff Biggers | Common Dreams
While notorious Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio entertains the Republican Party convention diehards at a Tampa zoo next week, the real Old West show will have already taken place at the platform committee meetings.
The neo-conservatives have consolidated their plan for control of US foreign policy with the vice-presidential nomination of Paul Ryan.
Ryan is being briefed by Dan Senor, described mildly in the New York Times as "an expert on Israel and the Middle East." Senor, however, is anything but expert.
Howard Zinn at 90 -- Lessons from the People's Historian
Written by Bill Bigelow | Common Dreams
This Friday -- August 24 -- would have been the 90th birthday of the great historian and activist Howard Zinn, who died in 2010. Zinn did not merely record history, he made it: as a professor at Spelman College in the 1950s and early 1960s, where he was ultimately fired for his outspoken support of students in the Civil Rights Movement, and specifically the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC);
GOP Convention Will Formally Endorse the Todd Akin Platform
Written by John Nichols | The Nation
Todd Akin announced Wednesday that he would not be attending next week’s Republican National Convention. Apparently, RNC chairman Reince Priebus could not find a suitable speaking slot for the Missouri Republican US Senate nominee after Mitt Romney asked Akin to quit the race.
Building a U.S. Student Movement
Written by John Connelly | Dissent Magazine
In March of this year, a loose confederation of organizers from New York, Wisconsin, and various points on the West Coast began working to answer the question believers in the Occupy movement everywhere had begun to ask: what next?
CBO warns of significant recession if Congress doesn’t act to avoid fiscal cliff
Written by Lori Montgomery | Washington Post
The nation would be plunged into a significant recession during the first half of next year if Congress fails to avert nearly $500 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts set to hit in January, congressional budget analysts said Wednesday.
Paul Ryan: ‘I’m proud of my record’ on abortion
Written by Felicia Sonmez | The Washington Post
ABOARD THE RYAN PLANE – Facing a mounting effort by Democrats to tie him to the Todd Akin controversy, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said Wednesday that he is proud of his record on abortion rights and maintained that Mitt Romney is the one who will set the GOP ticket’s policy.
Civilian Deaths from US Drone Attacks Much Higher than Reported
Written by Garth Porter | The Real News
Gareth Porter: New investigative work shows that civilian deaths in Pakistan, including from second wave attacks, higher than Pentagon reports
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