Declare August 4th “Helen Thomas Day.”
She faced decades of abuse because she was opinionated, she would not back down, and she was a woman.
White House Continues Playing “Let’s Make a Deal” with the GOP on Social Security & Medicare Benefit Cuts
NCPSSM
Where are Congressional Democrats?!
Don't Buy the Rightwing Myth about Detroit
Salon
Conservatives want you to think high taxes drove people away. The real truth is much worse for their radical agenda
Greece's Main Opposition Group Becomes New Party, Re-Elects Leader
AFP via Ahram
"... all together, stronger and more united than ever, we will embark on our great and victorious path."
Russia’s Anti-Gay Crackdown
New York Times
"... the rest of the world remains almost completely ignorant of Mr. Putin’s agenda."
Dispatches from the Culture Wars - Matinee Idols edition
Portside
DIY Archives in Brooklyn Preserves Activist History; Rolling Stone Cover `Glamorizes' Tzarneav; Marc Anthony Not American Enough for All-Star Fans; Diversity Disappears from Newsrooms.
Detroit's Decline is a Distinctively Capitalist Failure
The Guardian (UK)
The auto industry Big Three were loyal only to shareholders, not the people of Detroit. The city was gutted by that social choice.
The Insanity of Not Having a Financial Transaction Tax
Nation of Change
Chicago-area trading alone would pay the entire federal education bill.
Just How Low Can Your Salary Go?
PR Watch
117 ALEC bills in 2013 fuel race to the bottom in wages and worker rights.
North Carolina Republicans Push Extreme Voter Suppression Measures
The Nation
The bill even eliminates Citizens Awareness Month to encourage voter registration, notes Brent Laurenz, executive director of the nonpartisan North Carolina Center for Voter Education.
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