by Maureen Turner | Jun 7, 2012 | News
“The First Amendment to the United States Constitution was designed to protect the free speech rights of people, not corporations,” begins a bill pending in the Massachusetts Statehouse. In the not-too-distant past, one would not have expected there to be...
by Markos Moulitsas | Jun 7, 2012 | News
Americans Elect and Unity 08 are history, No Labels an irrelevant joke. Despite repeated efforts by Beltway hacks to appeal to a mythical and nonexistent bipartisan “middle,” it’s clear there is zero appetite for such constructs from the American...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jun 7, 2012 | News
It’s ironic that just before the media reported the appearance of radioactive bluefin tuna from Japan off the California coast, Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission since 2009, stepped down. Jaczko’s action followed a hot barrage...
by Our Readers | Jun 7, 2012 | News
Violence Against Women Act provides for “inclusion, fairness, safety” In 1994, Congress first passed the Violence Against Women Act. I was among those who heralded this legislation as the first time that the federal government offered a broad view and...
by Maureen Turner | Jun 7, 2012 | News
You’d be forgiven if, at first, you assumed it was a belated April Fool’s Day joke. “The Republican’s columnist Tom Shea moving on,” read the headline. “[J]ob at newspaper in Abu Dhabi ‘a cool opportunity.'” Sadly,...
