‘Left, Right & Center’: The Immigration Debate
Nov 22, 2014 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss President Obama's plan to allow up to 5 million undocumented immigrants to remain in the country and work legally. Host Matt Miller thinks the plan was designed to make GOP heads explode.
Reformer or Hypocrite? Understanding Pope Francis
Dec 13, 2013 It turns out that the pope's critique of capitalism is actually nothing new.
Voters to GOP: Leave Medicare and Medicaid Alone
May 25, 2011 Republican lawmakers who planned to ride Rep. Paul Ryan's proposed Medicaid overhaul to glory can think again, as polling confirms the voter opposition demonstrated in New York's 26th Congressional District on Tuesday.
Cuban Reform Hints at the Freedom to Vacation
May 10, 2011 Most of us take access to overpriced hotels, lousy food and syrupy mixed drinks for granted, but ordinary Cubans suffering island fever may get their first shot at a vacation since 1959. A proposed reform might eventually allow Cubans (presumably those surviving on more than government subsidies) to "travel abroad as tourists."
Bashar al-Assad
Apr 25, 2011
Republicans Heart Wall Street
Mar 21, 2011 The GOP begins to roll back Wall Street reform, college graduates are snubbing law school, and Washington's pro-nuke consensus. These discoveries and more after the jump.For-Profit Schools Sue to Stop Reforms
Jan 22, 2011 For-profit schools, some of which are accused of failing to properly educate while loading students with debt, have banded together to fight the introduction of three federal reforms.
Dream Act Is Dead for This Year
Dec 19, 2010 The U.S. Senate has failed us again. On a 55-41 vote, the proposed Dream Act, an immigration reform measure aimed at paving the way to citizenship for undocumented students who attend college, has effectively been killed for this year.
New Credit Card Rules Go Into Effect
Aug 22, 2010 New rules curbing credit card company shenanigans took effect Sunday, as restrictions on “unreasonable late payment and other penalty fees” will now block the companies from charging excessive levies if users, to cite just one choice example, do not use their cards.
Bank Shares Zoom in Wake of Regulation Deal
Jun 26, 2010 Bank stocks had a surprisingly good day Friday, outperforming the rest of the market after it became clear that financial reform legislation hammered out in Congress would not meddle with precious bank profits.
