Perhaps the single Supreme Court decision most threatening to American democracy is the Citizens United case, which ruled that corporations are people and money is speech; therefore corporations are entitled to spend all the
Washington is all abuzz with the possibility of a Washington consensus, a Beltway consensus. While we all know that legislative negotiations are critical, we know equally well that regular folks usually get screwed when
The Huffington Post has reported that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is closing 149 air traffic control towers at America’s airports. The FAA is laying off or furloughing so many air traffic controllers that they
President Barack Obama said Palestinians have a “right to self-determination, their right to justice” and a right to their own homeland to thunderous applause in Israel. Then he said he was going off script
On Dr. King Day, Americans celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. King and the second inauguration of our first African-American President. In many ways President Obama reached back to the struggle of Dr. King
Rightwing Radical Republicans continue to look like the Three Stooges on steroids. Our President won decisively on the fiscal cliff debate and policy, but they also lost ugly. Yesterday’s polling showed the public liked the
Our work and the work of Americans like us paid off with a significant victory in the last two days in the resolution of the so-called fiscal cliff fight. The teabaggers and the rightwing Republican
If Speaker Boehner and the Republicans succeed in getting President Obama and Congressional Democrats to agree to cuts in Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, it will be one of the biggest examples of negotiating
Something akin to bargaining or negotiating proceeds between the White House and John Boehner, the Speaker of the House of Representatives to avoid the fiscal cliff. Though, as in any real bargaining, it is impossible
I drove back to Washington from Savannah, Ga. Driving through South Carolina, I listened to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. They had the most grotesque and unbelievable rantings against President Obama and sensible, Constitutional
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