Month: May 2010

Meanwhile, the Senate just failed to invoke cloture on the Wall Street reforms bill in a 57-42 vote. That’s fine with me, but it proves once again that the Senate can’t do anything. Maybe they will lose their...

Cross posted from Border Jumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack. In the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS, there is no silver bullet. And as we travel throughout sub-Saharan Africa we are seeing dozens of innovative...

The U.S. Supreme Court decided yesterday that sentencing young people to life in prison without the possibility of parole for nonhomicide crimes violates the Constitution’s Cruel and Unusual Punishment provision.  The...

Now that Ken Lewis has endorsed her, I think Elaine Marshall is in a solid position to win her run-off election against DSCC-backed Cal Cunningham in the North Carolina senate race. That will be further proof that the Washington...

The Mafia, the Drug Cartels, The Russian Mobsters – mere lightweights. You want to know who are the biggest organized crime lords on the planet? Look no further than Wall Street and your friendly neighborhood Mega-Banks: A...