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Money in Politics: Corporate Contributions to Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum

Money in Politics: Corporate Contributions to Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum

With the 2012 presidential election in full swing and the Citizen’s United decision having opened the doors to unlimited corporate contributions, corporations are opening their coffers to promote candidates friendly to their interests. Corporate contributions to [...]

What Black Friday Violence Tells Us About Ourselves

What Black Friday Violence Tells Us About Ourselves

With Thanksgiving come and past, the shopping season is officially in full swing, and what a kickoff it got with Black Friday violence, including near-riots over waffle-makers at a Wal-Mart in Arkansas, a 2am shooting outside [...]

Five Goals for the Occupy Wall Street Protests

Five Goals for the Occupy Wall Street Protests

As the Occupy Wall Street protests have grown, so too has the media response grown, from at first ignoring the protests, to exploiting them for their 15 minutes of fame, to recognizing that there are some [...]

Corporate Profits Up, Slow Job Growth and American Democracy

Corporate Profits Up, Slow Job Growth and American Democracy

Corporate profits reached new highs this past quarter, leading many to inquire why, if American corporations are so profitable, are there no more jobs?  Mother Jones recently answered this question by looking at productivity growth in connection [...]

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Bad Behaving Rich Men

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Bad Behaving Rich Men

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dominique Strauss-Kahn are only the most recent additions to a long list of bad behaving rich men.  Schwarzenegger, who fathered a child out of wedlock (and lied about it to his wife for [...]

Why the Wisconsin Budget Needs Collective Bargaining

Why the Wisconsin Budget Needs Collective Bargaining

With state budgets hurting all over the country, Wisconsin has declared open season on organized labor, and Governor Walker has attempted to push through not only cuts to labor benefits, but severe cuts in the rights [...]

Killing the Middle Class by a Thousand Tax Cuts

Killing the Middle Class by a Thousand Tax Cuts

Well, this week our fearless leader and commander-in-bending-over-backwards revealed this little gem: we are going to extend the Bush tax cuts.  Let’s just say that one more time: the Bush tax cuts, just in case you [...]