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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 [...]

Why Republican Voters Don’t Like Mitt Romney and Their Presidential Candidates

Why Republican Voters Don’t Like Mitt Romney and Their Presidential Candidates

As the Florida Primary nears, it looks like the Republican Party may finally be having its “come to Jesus” moment: the presumptive nominee Mitt Romney has again pulled ahead in polls, leading Newt Gingrich now by [...]

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 [...]

The U.S. Military Budget and the Cost of War

The U.S. Military Budget and the Cost of War

With the budget battle in Washington taking on ever more partisan tones, there is one glaring spot which continues to drain public coffers without accountability: the military. The military budget over the past ten years has [...]

Fighting for Dead Firefighters – 9/11 and the Zadroga Act

Fighting for Dead Firefighters – 9/11 and the Zadroga Act

Well, I was going to devote some time this week to the Virginia health care decision, but John Stewart has effectively diverted my attention.  This week, the Republican party filibustered the 9/11 First Responders bill, aka, [...]