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Time to Get Real About the ACORN "Controversy"--and Republican Double Standards

Robert Creamer | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Robert Creamer

The Right wing has always hated ACORN. Partially that's because the organization has been so effective at allowing poor people to vote. The Right hates it when poor people vote.

Cheney's Last Hurrah: No Light at the End of the Dark Side

Timothy Bay | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics


Timothy Bay

"Sir, you really must hand over the keys to your office," the White House functionary continues. "Joe Biden has been working out of a small room next to the boiler in basement waiting to move into the VP office."

Soldiers Sue KBR Over Iraq Chemical Exposure

AP | CHARLES WILSON | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics


INDIANAPOLIS — Sixteen Indiana National Guard soldiers sued the big defense contractor KBR Inc. on Wednesday, saying its employees knowingly all...

Underlying Questions Remain About Natural-Gas Drilling

Susan Cosier | Posted 01.01.2009 | Green


Susan Cosier

The race to drill for natural gas has never been so furious as it has been over the last few years. Yet, still lingering is the question of whether the process could contaminate groundwater.

Right-Wing Supreme Court Draws Ire Of Senate Judiciary Committee

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home


Cristóbal Joshua Alex

The Supreme Court has shifted dangerously to the right and is now the most pro-business Court since the monopoly greasing "Lochner-era" Court of the late 19th century.

Iraq Contractor KBR Employed Underqualified Workers

AP | SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — KBR Inc. used employees with little electrical expertise to supervise subcontractors in Iraq and hired foreigners who couldn't spea...

Woman Can't Sue Halliburton Over Rape Because Of Cheney Policy

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


On Wednesday, Jamie Leigh Jones told a House Judiciary Committee her now-famous story about having been allegedly drugged and gang-raped two years ago...

Sam Stein

War Contracts To Controversial Companies On The Rise

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The U.S. government awarded more than $16 billion in federal contracts to the former Halliburton subsidiary KBR between 2004 and 2006, despite controv...