Matthew Rothschild, Ruth Conniff, Amitabh Pal

Nader, Bernie Sanders Slam Postal Service for No Sat. Delivery »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 6, 2013

It’s bad for rural communities, small businesses, the disabled, and the elderly.read more

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Why Is John Yoo Working for Obama’s Justice Department? »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 6, 2013

Using Orwellian language and claiming to be beyond the reach of the judicial branch, the Obama Administration lays out its case for killing U.S. citizens.read more

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Republican Jobs Nonsense »

By Ruth Conniff, February 4, 2013

They’re demanding more austerity and more pain, while blaming Obama for everything.read more

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The Dangers of Obama’s Cyber War Power Grab »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 4, 2013, 2013

It’s undemocratic, it will lead to a cyber arms race, and it raises the risks of nuclear war.read more

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Obama’s So-So Speech on Immigration »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 30, 2013

Moving in parts, distorting in others, and silent on a major point, his speech didn’t go far enough.read more

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We Should Remember Gandhi 65 Years Afterward »

By Amitabh Pal, January 30, 2013

Sixty-five years ago on Jan. 30, three bullets ended the life of the greatest pacifist of the modern era: Mohandas Karamchand “Mahatma” Gandhi.read more

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Rios Montt on Trial, but Not Reagan Officials? »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 29, 2013

The Reagan Administration helped Rios Montt do his dirtiest work, but no one in it was held accountable.read more

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John Kerry’s Conventional Mindset »

By Amitabh Pal, January 28, 2013

We can expect more of the same with him as Secretary of State.read more

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Tom Harkin: We’ll Miss You and Your Courage »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 26, 2013

The Iowa Senator has repeatedly stood up, and repeatedly he has made a difference.read more

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The “Final Offensive” Against Organized Labor »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 24, 2013

The rightwing assault has reduced the unionized workforce in America by 43 percent in the last 20 years to the lowest level in almost a century.read more

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Roe v. Wade at 40: Time to Push Back Against Those in the Stone Age »

By Ruth Conniff, January 22, 2013

We are never going back to the dark days before women assumed the right to control our own bodies and our own fates.read more

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Bravo, Richard Blanco! »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 22, 2013

What moved me beyond the appropriate and the poetic was Blanco’s insertion of the personal.read more

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Hope Part II: Obama's Inauguration Speech »

By Ruth Conniff, January 21, 2013

The progressive tone of the last third of Obama's speech was so unexpectedly rousing, it jolted the crowd, and listeners of all political persuasions from coast to coast.read more

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Obama in the Shadow of Martin Luther King »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 21, 2013

King would not look kindly on Obama expanding the reach of militarism with drone warfare.read more

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Bernie Sanders Urges Obama: Don’t Cut Social Programs »

By Ruth Conniff, January 17, 2013

Make the corporations pay, he says, not the elderly, and the poor, and our veterans.read more

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