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Our Nation’s Failing Prisons
You can tell there’s good money in prisons these days — Wells Fargo is investing in them. And why not? Since America incarcerates more of its citizens per capita than any other country, jails look like a safe bet.
This Ruling Is Good for Your Health
The most conservative Supreme Court in history just upheld the Affordable Care Act as constitutional. This is a victory for American families. It means lower costs, more coverage, and that insurance companies can’t rip us off anymore. It’s the law.
Chief Justice Roberts Saves the Day
Chief Justice Roberts saves the day
Angers the Right that he voted this way
Josh Fox’s New Fracking Gem
If ever an online video should go viral, it is Gasland director Josh Fox’s vital new 18-minute gem, The Sky Is Pink.
The Lineup: Week of June 25-July 1, 2012
Robert Alvarez warns that the nation’s nuclear safety policies fall short of what’s needed
The Tea Party Shtick
Not too long ago, Americans only dressed up in George Washington wigs and tri-corner hats on the Fourth of July. But then the tea party came along. Colonial garb started turning up at rallies all year around.
The Robin Hood Tax
I spent 22 years in the financial services business. Beginning in the 1980s, I worked at exchanges where we traded everything from futures on soybeans to shares of stock to options on interest rates. During these boom years for the U.S. and global financial markets, traders and Wall Street executives earned fortunes.
A Radioactive Conflict of Interest
The U.S. government is going out of its way to downplay radiation hazards in the aftermath of one of the world’s worst nuclear accidents.
Big Cable’s Plan to Lock Down Your Future
Television is at a crossroads. There are two paths to choose from and two destinies for television viewers: one better, the other far worse. The path taken will have lasting political consequences.
