Bill Moyers | Obamacare - The Right Wing's Alamo Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company: As Republicans demand apologies and administration officials dutifully offer up mea culpas for the botched Obamacare rollout, wouldn't it be fair to expect just a morsel of apology from the right as well? Watch the Video and Read the Transcript The Weak Economy and Deficit Reduction: Deniers and Terrorists Dean Baker, Truthout: "Almost all the people in either political party who are taken seriously in the current budget debate can be put into either the denier or terrorist camp. Take your pick." Read the Article Keep US Troops in Afghanistan? Let Congress Vote! Robert Naiman, Truthout: If you agree with Reps. Jim McGovern, Barbara Lee and Walter Jones that any agreement to keep thousands of US troops in Afghanistan indefinitely should be debated and voted on in Congress before it is signed, tell Congress, urges Naiman. Read the Article Federal Court Decision Doesn't Just Limit Abortion: It Creates a Crisis for Women's Health Care in Texas Andrea Flynn, Next New Deal: Thursday's decision, which will close about one-third of the clinics that provide abortion care in Texas, will change the landscape of women's health-care infrastructure in the state, maybe permanently. Read the Article McCutcheon: The People Strike Back to Have a Voice in Elections Chris Esh, Truthout: While the US Supreme Court mulls lifting overall limits to campaign contributions in the McCutcheon case, Seattle citizens go to the polls Tuesday over reforming their elections with publicly funded campaigns that empower small donors. Read the Article The Bank Guarantee That Bankrupted Ireland Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Blog: In many ways, Ireland is ground zero for the austerity-driven asset grab now sweeping the world. All Eurozone countries are mired in debt. The problem is systemic. Read the Article Millions Against Monsanto: Five Lessons From the Battle Against GMOs Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association: Opposition to GMOs and Monsanto has created one of the largest grassroots movements in the United States. Here are five strategic lessons from the ongoing battle that may be applicable to a broad range of political issues. Read the Article The Superrich Don't Need Our Middle Class Infrastructure The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: The superrich in this country are bleeding working-class Americans dry, while destroying the infrastructure of the nation that has done so much for their success. Without a strong economy and infrastructure, America's millionaires and billionaires would not be where they are today. Read the Article November 5 Vote in Washington Tests Future of GMOs, Capitalism and Climate Change Mitra Sticklen, Occupy.com: Washington state's GMO-labeling Initiative 522 doesn't highlight climate change in the proposed text, but many scientists have pointed to the GMO issue as pivotal within the context of global climate change. This is the most valuable single-issue campaign in US history. Read the Article Richard D. Wolff | US Political Dysfunction and Capitalism's Withdrawal Richard D. Wolff, e-International Relations: Among the social effects of capitalism's withdrawal from many old capitalist centers in the United States are rapidly widening wealth and income inequalities there. The government shutdown in October and the acrimony afflicting US politics reflect capitalism's withdrawal and its social effects. Read the Article Ramblin' Man, John Kerry Is a Figure of His Times (and That's Not a Good Thing) Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch: Secretary of State John Kerry's quick start in racking up travel miles is the most impressive aspect of his tenure so far, given that it's been accompanied by record foreign policy stumbles and bumbles. Read the Article Putting a Face on Drone Strike Victims Alex Witt, MSNBC: Journalist Rania Khalek talks to Alex Witt about the Pakistani family who testified before congress about the drone strikes that killed their grandmother. Watch the Video |
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