An Exclusive Report by Andrew Slater in The Daily Beast. Before a shot was fired, rumors of ISIS led Iraqi forces to flee Tikrit. As Baghdad fights to retake the city, they’re up against a force made more powerful by… Read More ›
Month: June 2014
Photographer Captures Tar Sands Destruction From Above
The Huffington Post | By James Gerken Photographer and pilot Alex MacLean wanted to learn more about the Keystone XL pipeline, which if approved will carry oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, so he decided to take pictures from… Read More ›
Conservatives Try To Make Criminal Justice Reform A Signature Issue
By Wesley Lowery in The Washington Post Many of the headlines after day two of the Conservative Political Action Conference were about Rick Perry’s well-received speech, in which he harped on what he deemed the “two Americas”: red-state America and… Read More ›
Republican Presidential Candidates Keep Getting Prosecuted
By Jonathan Chait in New York Magazine In the wake of Mitt Romney’s 2012 defeat, Republicans had at least one consolation: a deep bench of presidential contenders, including several governors with a proven ability to win majorities in blue states…. Read More ›
Wisconsin Governor at Center of a Vast Fund-Raising Case
By MONICA DAVEY and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE CHICAGO — Prosecutors in Wisconsin assert that Gov. Scott Walker was part of an elaborate effort to illegally coordinate fund-raising and spending between his campaign and conservative groups during efforts to recall him and… Read More ›
The Mirage of Political Islam
By MUSTAPHA TLILI in The New York Times “You must maintain your power through consent, not coercion; you must respect the rights of minorities, and participate with a spirit of tolerance and compromise; you must place the interests of your… Read More ›
Obama’s Global Warming Rule Leaks Early
The Environmental Protection Agency will debut draft regulations on Monday to cut carbon emissions from power plants 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, according to multiple sources briefed on the proposal. The Wall Street Journal first reported details of… Read More ›
