How Deep Is the Republican Christian Right's Connection to the Anti-Gay Bills Sweeping Sub-Saharan Africa? As the horrific "kill-the-gays" bill resurfaces in Uganda, Republican politicians deny connections, but their rhetoric is frighteningly similar.
Has Personal Finance Goddess Suze Orman Lost Her Luster? If she doesn't find a way to offer a mea culpa, some of her devotees may desert her shrine and find another idol.
Dennis Kucinich v. Marcy Kaptur: How GOP Redistricting Will Force Out a Top Progressive Congressmember Two progressive champions are facing off for one seat in Congress. What's a voter to do?
Busting Through the Media Firestorm: 6 Essential Facts About the Komen Controversy How many of the rumors are inflated, and how many get at the real heart of why people responded to this decision with so much outrage?
Sex Therapist Shares the Secret to Hot Sex (Hint: It Has More to Do With the Mind Than the Body) Sex therapist Marty Klein's message is antithetical to the sex advice found everywhere from self-help books to the supermarket checkout line.
Why the Right Wing Is Petrified of Letting Voters, Instead of the Electoral College, Pick Presidents A movement to reform the Electoral College and elect the president based on the national popular vote has half the states it needs.
Thomas Frank Talks to Joshua Holland About the 'Hard-Times Swindle' and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right Frank talks about Communism, the Tea Party and his new book, "Pity the Billionaire."
New Evidence Reveals U.S. Has Used Drones to Target Rescue Workers and Funerals in Pakistan A report found that since President Obama took office between 282 and 535 civilians have been reported as killed in Pakistan, including more than 60 children.
How Rich Executives Extract Concessions From Workers -- While Playing the Good Guy in Public That's what's on the rise: Management attempting to exercise control over their workers -- in a brutal display of power. Give in to us or lose your paycheck right now.
Occupy vs. Monsanto: Activists, Farmers Fight the Corporation They Fear Will Take Over All America's Crops Occupy comes out to support a lawsuit that hopes to turn the tables on corporate farming behemoth Monsanto.
Colorado 'Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol' Campaign Was Short on Signatures, But... The campaign was found to have an unusually high number of invalid signatures, and now has 15 days to collect enough valid signatures to cover the shortfall.
Why the "Liberal" Media Leaves Hawkish Foreign Policy Unchallenged The New York Times' foreign affairs coverage belies its "liberal" reputation--but reinforces the class biases of its readers.
Occupy DC Forcefully Evicted, Protesters Injured, Arrested, Under Pressure from Congress's Richest Member What had started as a politically-tinged eviction of an entirely peaceful encampment had suddenly turned into an aggressive display of force by the National Park Police officers.
Koch Brothers Convene Super-Secret Billionaires' Meeting for 2012 Elections Some of America's wealthiest Republicans flew into Palm Springs last weekend to update their stealthy political strategy for 2012.
Why the Battle Over Canada's Tar Sands Is an American Issue For starters, the energy and environmental impacts of tar sands production are not limited to within the borders of Canada. But the trouble doesn't end there.
New Rules for Radicals: 10 Ways To Spark Change in a Post-Occupy World The world is changing quickly, and we need to help steer it according to our shared values -- our vision of what might be.
5 Signs the Christian Right Still Wields Too Much Power in America This political and cultural movement will not be sinking beneath the horizon anytime soon -- despite media reports to the contrary.
New York Muslims Fight Back Against Police Department's Institutionalized Paranoia About Islam Muslim community leaders say Islamophobia is deep-seated in the New York Police Department.
Obama's Union-Busting New Chief of Staff? Jacob Lew Helped Destroy Grad Students' Union at NYU When Obama's new Chief of Staff was NYU executive vice president, school ceased recognizing the grad students' union.
America Has Woken Up to the Reality: Inequality Matters While police have cleared many Occupy encampments, a collective cry, loud and clear, has gone up from countless voices across the country: Enough's enough.
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<description>Some of America's wealthiest Republicans flew into Palm Springs last weekend to update their stealthy political strategy for 2012. </description>
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<description>While police have cleared many Occupy encampments, a collective cry, loud and clear, has gone up from countless voices across the country: Enough's enough.</description>
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