6 reasons Obama is losing the left
The politics of hope and the politics of nope
Thursday, May 16, 2013 6:30 PM UTC 64Politics AlterNet, Obama, President Obama
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Mark Zuckerberg, political conservative?
It's not just his fundraiser for Christie. The causes the Facebook CEO is backing suggest he's taken a right turn
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Obama’s plutocratic choice for Commerce Secretary
Picking the billionaire Penny Pritzker is a clear message about Obama's priorities
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 3:52 PM UTC 17Business AlterNet, Penny Pritzker
Voters not taking failed gun control legislation lightly
There have been drops in support for five different senators who did not vote for expanded background checks
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 4:20 PM UTCBusiness AlterNet, Wayne LaPierre
A brief history of America’s homemade bombs
The improvised explosive devices used in the Boston Marathon attacks weren't the first of their kind
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 10:28 PM UTCTechnology AlterNet, Boston Marathon
10 reasons state lotteries ruin the economy
Lottery tickets serve as a hidden tax on the poor and siphon up to $50 billion a year away from local businesses
Monday, Apr 15, 2013 11:52 AM UTC 22Business AlterNet, State Lotteries
16 of the NRA’s frightening police-state “solutions” for our schools
If Wayne LaPierre had his way, every student and school employee would be a possible suspect
Friday, Apr 5, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 22Politics AlterNet, Wayne LaPierre, NRA
Is Scalia the most vile person in Washington?
Here's a case for yes
Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 1:29 PM UTC 64Politics Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court
GOP activists behind three troubling Supreme Court cases
America's highest court will be debating and deciding on the possibility of dismantling decades of progressive law
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 3:48 PM UTCNews AlterNet, GOP, Supreme Court
7 uncovered quotes that reveal just how crazy the NRA’s become
The organization once supported reasonable gun control laws. Now it's a lobby group for paranoid extremists
Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 2:51 PM UTC 160Politics AlterNet, NRA, Wayne LaPierre
The NRA once supported gun control
It may seem hard to believe, but for decades the organization helped write federal laws restricting gun use
Monday, Jan 14, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 16Politics AlterNet, NRA, Wayne LaPierre
The National Guard in public schools?
Sen. Barbara Boxer's outlandish proposal has triggered outrage from both the left and the right
Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 10:29 PM UTC 26Politics AlterNet, Barbara Boxer
75 percent of states ignore mental illness checks for gun buyers
According to the Wall Street Journal, 12 states account for most of the mental health records in the FBI database
Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 5:08 PM UTCPolitics AlterNet, Guns
Four huge corporate power grabs possibly worse than Citizens United
These court cases offer a chilling reminder how close America has come to becoming an outright plutocracy
Sunday, Dec 9, 2012 2:00 PM UTC 10Politics AlterNet, Religious Freedom
5 ways government undermines democracy
Campaign finance should be transparent. Sadly, the institutions designed to insure this are completely paralyzed
Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 4:15 PM UTCPolitics Barack Obama, Republican Party
10 right-wing election myths debunked by reality
In 2012, the conservative information bubble finally popped. Here's what they should have learned
Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 2:49 PM UTC 12Politics Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
Five reasons Rove won’t steal the election
Too many activists are scaring people unnecessarily when they should be focusing on civil rights abuses
Monday, Oct 29, 2012 6:53 PM UTC 15Politics Mitt Romney, Republican Party
Six fixes for American democracy
Voter suppression. Endless fundraising. Dysfunctional debates. The need for reform has never been stronger
Monday, Oct 22, 2012 9:57 PM UTC 14Politics Al Gore, George W. Bush, Canada
Three ways the GOP’s disenfranchised voters
Some of the party's tactics can be reversed. Many of them can't
Monday, Sep 10, 2012 2:21 PM UTC 11Politics AlterNet, Republican Party
Inside the plan to steal the election
The conservative initiative True the Vote is designed to obstruct the voting process at every turn. Will it work?
Saturday, Aug 25, 2012 2:00 PM UTC 68Politics AlterNet, 2012 Elections
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