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by Stephen Rohde, Truthout The USA Patriot Act became law ten years ago today. Bearing the awkward name, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to … Read more

A Moral Focus for Occupy Wall Street by George Lakoff, Truthout I was asked weeks ago by some in the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement to make suggestions … Read more

by Naomi Klein I was honored to be invited to speak at Occupy Wall Street on Thursday night. Since amplification is (disgracefully) banned, and everything I said had … Read more

Excerpted from a column by Paul Krugman in the New York Times: When the Occupy Wall Street protests began three weeks ago, most news organizations were derisive if … Read more

Liberalism is not so much a party creed or set of fixed platform promises as it is an attitude of mind and heart, a faith in man’s ability … Read more

Excerpted from a post by Joe Conason on Creators.com, September 14, 2011: Watching the Republican presidential candidates and their agitated tea party supporters at the CNN/Tea Party debate, … Read more

Excerpts from an article by Ari Berman on RollingStone.com: “Rather than protecting right to vote,” said Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, a witness at the hearing, “we’re seeing a … Read more

A politician’s attitude to evolution is perhaps not directly important in itself. It can have unfortunate consequences on education and science policy but, compared to Perry’s and the … Read more

Excerpted from an article by Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com, May 11, 2011: They weren’t murderers or anything; they had merely stolen more money than most people can rationally conceive … Read more

Here’s the paradox in this whole concept of “corporate personhood.” When it comes to rights, Republicans say corporations are people. But when it comes to the responsibilities of … Read more