Category: Politics
Is al Qaeda Really Stronger Today?
by Doug Daniels | Aug 10, 2013 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsRick Santorum | Source: NBC News) This week marked the 15th anniversary of the attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and in a sobering reminder that al Qaeda still poses a serious threat to western interests abroad, the State Department temporarily closed 19 embassies across the Middle East and Africa. Some critics […]
Entering the Third Carbon Age—Not the Era of Renewable Energy
by Michael Klare | Aug 8, 2013 | Environment(Source: Wikipedia/Creative Commons) When it comes to energy and economics in the climate-change era, nothing is what it seems. Most of us believe (or want to believe) that the second carbon era, the Age of Oil, will soon be superseded by the Age of Renewables, just as oil had long since superseded the Age of […]
Feds Propose Limited Immunity for Water Polluters
by Alison Fairbrother | Aug 8, 2013 | Environment(Source: woodleywonderworks/Flickr/Creative Commons) Agriculture is the largest contributor to water pollution in the U.S., dumping millions of pounds of nitrogen and phosphorous into the nation’s waterways each year. But as the problem worsens and government scrambles to find a solution, a program offering regulatory exemptions to farmers who voluntarily take cleanup steps is getting terrible […]
13 Things Everyone Would Know If We Really Did Have Liberal Media
by David Akadjian | Aug 7, 2013 | Culture, Media, Politics(Reince Priebus | Wikipedia/Creative Commons) Reince Priebus (and apparently many others) still thinks there’s a liberal media. While I share Priebus’ frustration with the media, as a liberal, I’d like to go on record and state that the media isn’t focusing on issues I care about. They seem to be far more focused on entertainment […]
Voter Suppression Is Clearly a Republican Campaign Strategy
by Doug Daniels | Aug 6, 2013 | Politics(Source: Brentin Mock/Colorlines) Since the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act in June, there has been a gleeful scramble in Republican-led states to renew efforts to restrict voting access for certain constituencies traditionally favorable to Democrats. Republicans insist these harsh voter ID requirements and other changes to election laws are simply motivated by […]
Bad Faith Documentary
