" ... 'Previously, some psychological traits were known to be predictive of an individual's political orientation,' study author Dr. Ryota Kanai of Univers
By Helen Kennedy NY Daily News | April 3, 2011 Mustafa Shabazz, pictured in 2008, was formerly known as William Bradley. A much-awaited book due out Monda
Highlights, Wisconsin State Journal, March 29, 2011: Leroy Gore ... The recall campaign against Sen. Joseph McCarthy ... was not launched by demonstrations
By Rob Schofield The Progressive Pulse | March 25, 2011 It’s been increasingly well-documented in recent months how a handful of extreme right-wing gazil
By Shaun Heasley Disability Scoop | March 14, 2011 A New Hampshire lawmaker resigned Monday amid criticism for suggesting to a constituent that the sta
By Brett Neely MPR News | March 8, 2011 WASHINGTON -- A Washington ethics watchdog group has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service about the
Pinkerton guards escort strikebreakers in Buchtel, Ohio, 1884 Koch front group advocated taking down unions By Stephen C. Webster Raw Replay | February
" ... When rightists refer to 'this country’s radical left,' they are talking about the folks in Wisconsin who are protesting peacefully in the state ca
NEWLY DISCLOSED DOCUMENTS RAISE TROUBLING QUESTIONS ABOUT REP. ISSA’S PAST By Jeremy Los East County Magazine | March 2, 2011 March 2, 2011--Recently dis
" ... Earlier this month in the UK, Richard Peppiatt, a reporter for the tabloid newspaper The Daily Star, quit after refusing to continue publishing fake
By Brian Merchant treehugger | March 15, 2011 The GOP is In the process of attempting to pass legislation that would overrule the EPA's finding that greenh
By Jeremy Scahill The Nation | March 9, 2011 As Representative Peter King begins his hunt for Islamic radicals in our midst, including infiltrators of the
By Terra Latin in America | Mar 16, 2011 Treating immigrants like pigs in no laughing matter. During a discussion on feral swine at the House Appropriati
By Sarah Posner | Religion Dispatches | March 8, 2011 Sarah Posner, author of God’s Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters,
Note that Sarah Palin, the well-known far-right martyr, did not step forward herself to correct the record, but let the fantasy stalker story stand as fa
By Michael Tomasky The Guardian | March 9, 2011 Graffiti from the Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) on an alley wall in West Belfast. Photograph: Pau
" ... The Heritage Foundation is not a 'think tank' but a simple anti-intellectual noise machine. Its goal is to persuade, not to investigate or search for