Friday, Jul 20, 2012 4:20 PM UTC
Why aren’t there more Auroras?
A surprising thing about the Colo. is that such shootings don't happen more often: They're easy to carry out
Paul Campos
Topics:
Aurora shooting
Friday, Jul 20, 2012 3:10 PM UTC
Columbine’s lessons for Aurora
The school massacre, across town from Aurora, shows why new gun control is not likely to follow tragedy
Alex Seitz-Wald
Topics:
Aurora shooting, Colorado, Gun Control, Guns
Friday, Jul 20, 2012 1:45 PM UTC
America’s grand tax lie
President Obama, Mitt Romney, the media -- why can't any of them tell the truth about tax cuts?
David Sirota
50
Topics:
2012 Elections, Taxes
Friday, Jul 20, 2012 12:45 PM UTC
Denver shootings suspect ID’d
Officials have identified the suspect in Friday's deadly shooting in Colorado
Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press
38
Topics:
From the Wires
Friday, Jul 20, 2012 12:34 PM UTC
Warren vs. Christie?
It would be fitting if they both end up delivering keynote speeches for their parties this summer
Steve Kornacki
21
Topics:
War Room
Friday, Jul 20, 2012 12:26 PM UTC
GOP disowns Bachmann
Republicans condemn the witch hunt; Obama, Romney react to shooting; and other top Friday stories
Alex Seitz-Wald
24
Topics:
Election 2012, John Boehner, Michele Bachmann
Friday, Jul 20, 2012 12:18 PM UTC
High v. low-level leaking
Today brings more high-level classified disclosures from an administration fixated on punishing whistleblowers
Glenn Greenwald
18
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 9:51 PM UTC
Bill Moyers on the Disclose Act
Fighting disclosure, killing democracy
Bill Moyers, BillMoyers.com
Topics:
Bill Moyer, Politics
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 9:08 PM UTC
Ann Romney’s snobbish snub
Ross Perot suffered for calling black voters "you people," but 20 years on, we're all "you people" to GOP elitists
Joan Walsh
191
Topics:
Ann Romney
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 8:47 PM UTC
The outrageous economics of maintaining classified information
And lack of transparency probably doesn't make you any safer
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch
11
Topics:
National security, TomDispatch, U.S. Economy
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 6:43 PM UTC
She won’t release tax returns to “you people”
Ann Romney loses patience, while a blogger wonders if Mitt's mistake was simply loving to pay his taxes too much
Alex Pareene
168
Topics:
2012 Elections, Ann Romney, Mitt Romney, Politics, Taxes
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 6:37 PM UTC
We’re a country that lets kids go homeless
Family homelessness barely existed until the 1980s. The financial crisis has made the problem worse
Tana Ganeva, Alternet
54
Topics:
AlterNet, Inequality, Poverty
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 5:31 PM UTC
Michele Bachmann’s hateful cronies
She's taken the heat for her Muslim witch hunt, but what about the other congressmen who signed her letters?
Alex Seitz-Wald
19
Topics:
Islam, Michele Bachmann, Trent Franks
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 4:12 PM UTC
The Democrats’ weak link
Their odds of taking back the House are … not good. And the consequences will be significant, even if Obama wins
Steve Kornacki
31
Topics:
War Room
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 3:49 PM UTC
Obama’s pot problem
Will the president's tough stance on marijuana cost him the crucial swing state of Colorado?
Matt Taylor
129
Topics:
Barack Obama, Colorado, marijuana
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 3:32 PM UTC
Rubio condemns Bachmann
Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Scott Brown joined John McCain in denouncing the congresswoman's Muslim witch hunt
Alex Seitz-Wald
19
Topics:
Islam, John McCain, Marco Rubio, Michele Bachmann
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 3:30 PM UTC
Presto! The Disclose Act disappears
Republicans in lockstep to block campaign-finance legislation
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, BillMoyers.com
Topics:
Politics
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 2:29 PM UTC
Small businesses are not our economic backbone
Getting it straight on job creation
Jared Bernstein, On the Economy
15
Topics:
Business, Jared Bernstein, U.S. Economy, Unemployment
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 2:13 PM UTC
Chris Christie: Pitbull without lipstick
Sorry, Sarah Palin. The N.J. governor gets to play your attack-dog role in Tampa, savaging Obama to promote Romney
Joan Walsh
65
Topics:
Chris Christie, Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 2:05 PM UTC
Is the Al-Assad regime crumbling?
The assassination of top Syrian security chiefs comes as evidence mounts that the regime’s support is crumbling
Hugh Macleod and Annasofie Flamand, Beirut and with a reporter in Syria, GlobalPost
Topics:
Conflict, GlobalPost, Middle East, Syria
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 1:50 PM UTC
Abusive “steel sweatshop” returns
The company endangered workers, stiffed creditors, got government contracts and then declared bankruptcy
Josh Eidelson, Alternet
Topics:
AlterNet, Business, Inequality