The 114th Congress may be the most diverse ever, but it’s still 80 percent white male, and 92 percent Christian. Why our elected officials (still) look nothing like us. Cue the confetti: The new Congress sworn in on Tuesday is… Read More ›
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The Bipartisan War Consensus
By Scott Beauchamp Hawks such as Sen. John McCain and commentators such as former New York Times columnist Bill Keller and Wall Street Journal editor Bret Stephens fret about America’s growing isolationism and the potential for a de-Americanized world, in… Read More ›
Top 20 Most Popular Democracy Now! Interviews of 2014
As 2014 comes to an end, we look back at the 20 interviews that were watched and shared most widely on our website.
Can the Israeli and Western Press be trusted? Palestinian SPRAYS acid on “Israeli” Family!!!
At first blush, this report sounds horrific. The acid attack makes front page news the world over. Rightfully so; acid attacks have disfugured many and ruined lives beyond measure. Initial reports claim that this kind and magnanimous Israeli family… Read More ›
Yes, the Republican Obamacare Strategy Will Kill People
By Jonathan Chait There is a famous thought experiment called the trolley problem, and it goes like this: A runaway trolley is headed toward five people bound on the tracks. You are standing before the switch that could divert it… Read More ›
Ted Cruz’s Big Adventure
If Republicans win the Senate, expect a ferocious tactical clash between Cruz and the actual leader Mitch McConnell “Ted Cruz’s big (awful) plans: Why a clash is coming if GOP wins majority” by Jim Newell in Salon No one’s more… Read More ›
Republican-Majority Senate Is Starting to Look Likelier
By Nate Cohn in The New York Times President Obama, even in his worst hours after the first presidential debate in 2012, held a consistent lead in Wisconsin, Ohio and Nevada. It was always enough to win re-election, and he… Read More ›
Missouri GOP’s sham early voting proposal
Excepts from “Vote ‘no’ on Missouri’s sham early voting proposal” in The Kansas City Star Missouri is in the dark ages when it comes to early voting. But a measure on the upcoming statewide ballot is not the path to… Read More ›
Voodoo Economics, the Next Generation
By Paul Krugman in The New York Times Even if Republicans take the Senate this year, gaining control of both houses of Congress, they won’t gain much in conventional terms: They’re already able to block legislation, and they still won’t… Read More ›
ALEC Pushes to Force the US to Amend The Constitution
By Jessica Mason The United States could be on the verge of calling its first constitutional convention since 1787, and the American Legislative Exchange Council, or “ALEC,” has been working behind the scenes to make it happen, including through its… Read More ›
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