- Why Are Flags So Cheap? -- Red White and Screwed: How Wal-Mart is Killing the American Flag Business—"The American flag-making business is dying. But those cheap, Chinese-made stars and stripes? They're not to blame."
- Pennsylvania Flag Desecration Case Heads to Court
- 'The Star-Spangled Banner' in a Minor Key Is More Dramatic Than Ever
- Obama says no combat troops to Iraq; U.S. weighs airstrikes
- Wait, McCain was wrong on Iraq? Yup.
- Fareed Zakaria: Who lost Iraq? The Iraqis did, with an assist from George W. Bush WaPo
- Shep Smith: The Same People Who Were Wrong About Iraq Now Want Us To Go Back
- Opinion: Bush's toxic legacy in Iraq
- Jon Stewart Wonders 'What The F*ck Is Going On' In Iraq?
- We Hate Each Other, We Really Hate Each Other—This is why you can't have nice things [WaPo], America
- The 3 Things Republicans and Democrats Agree On—"Voters are more split along partisan lines than ever—but there's something like consensus on immigration, national security, and gay rights."
- Conservatives Are So Conservative They Think the Congressional GOP Are Moderate Squishes
- Rand Paul: Moderates aren't GOP's future Politico
- Tea party candidates have lost five times as much as they've won WaPo
- For tea party Republicans, House leadership hopes turn into disappointment—Democrats say, GOP leadership can't get worse. WaPo
- The tea party in Congress: Talking loud, doing nothing WaPo
- Seriously Out of Touch: GOP Uses Live Elephants As Party Props In Downtown Dallas
- Eric Cantor's Legacy Is One Of Economic Destruction—"From day one — literally, the night of President Obama's first inauguration — Cantor was leading the charge to not just oppose Obama, but to delegitimize him — denying him the conciliatory, bipartisan policy style he campaigned on, and turning even policy successes into the kind of grueling partisan battles that voters dislike."
- Real lesson in Eric Cantor's loss: Beware conventional wisdom
- Krugman: The Fix Isn't In—"The surprise primary defeat of Eric Cantor is the unraveling of an ideological movement."
- The New Nihilism Threatens GOP's Growth—"Cantor's defeat signals deep problems for a party being pushed further to the right by the antigovernment wing."
- Eric Cantor's Loss Was a Fluke, But It Still Reshapes 2014
- Everybody Hates Eric Cantor: A Roundup
- Blast from the Past: Bullet That Hit Eric Cantor's Office From Random Gunfire —He allegedly lied about being shot at, probably to garner sympathy and instill fear.
- Alabama GOP struggles to find voter fraud despite $1,000 reward
- A federal judge reminds Ohio Republicans that fettering the right to vote violates the Constitution
- Bill Clinton stresses voter turnout at annual Ohio Democrats' dinner
- Krugman: The Koch Cycle of Endless Cash—"The wealthiest Americans are using their fortunes to lobby Congress against any limits on their ability to buy elections." NYT
- Unlimited Dark Campaign Money Is 'The American Way,' Says Terri Lynn Land
- Billionaire's Campaign Contribution Among Biggest In Recent History—Griffin, well known for saying the very wealthy have an 'insufficient influence' in politics, is the richest man in Illinois...."
- The Dark Money Machine That Beat Eric Cantor
- Cuomo Has Raised Millions Through Loophole He Pledged to Close—"The governor has called for closing a gap in the state's campaign finance laws, but he's taken far more through the loophole than his predecessors, much of it from real estate developers."
- Cantor Loss Hurts 2016 Republicans Seeking Hispanic Votes
- Immigration Does Matter in GOP Primaries, But It's Not Clear Why
- Influx of minors across Texas border driven by belief that they will be allowed to stay in U.S. WaPo
- Palin: Immigration Debate 'Just About Driving Me To Renounce My Republican Ties'
- White People Think One Black Person's Success Proves Racism Is Over
- Inside The KKK's Plan For Expansion—"A group of Ku Klux Klan members says it is planning military style combat training for the first time in KKK history."
- A Library of White-Supremacist Hand Gestures—"The Anti-Defamation League has published an online catalog of the symbols, flags, and slogans used by hate groups. Is this an educational tool or a portal for perverse curiosity?"
- Ku Klux Klan hood-wearer to get $215,000 from Los Angeles—"Black resident wore KKK hood and T-shirt emblazoned with racial slur to protest city during 2011 parks commission meeting."
- Ditch 'Old Hickory' and Put Martin Luther King on the $20 Bill—"The civil-rights leader helped America to realize its founding ideals as surely as any president, and ending the run of exclusively white faces on bank notes is long overdue."
- Recession 'led to 10,000 suicides'
- House GOP approves more tax breaks without paying for them
- America's middle class: Poorer than you think
- Then and now photos of Detroit reveal the real frontline of the Global Financial Crisis
- Rich got 14.6% richer in 2013—"Number of Chinese millionaires jumps as Asia-Pacific region leads growth."
- Why Newport restaurant has 'no tipping' policy—"Packhouse servers earn $10 per hour or 20 percent of their individual food sales per shift, whichever is larger – almost always the 20 percent. And servers have to meet certain goals – sales and service targets, for example – to get their 20 percent."
- Waffle House denies NC waitress a $1,000 tip from 'angel'
- La Porchetta owner who paid young workers in pizza fined $335k
- US: NY firm made workers pray, say 'I love you'—"A federal agency says a New York healthcare firm forced employees to join prayer circles, thank God for having jobs and say 'I love you' to co-workers and managers."
- The Dangers for Women Who Negotiate—"Contrary to the advice of “Lean In,” for women, asserting a strong position in negotiations can backfire."
- Noncompete Clauses Increasingly Pop Up in Array of Jobs—"Once largely limited to the technology and sales sectors, the agreements are entering a range of fields; even camp counselors and hairstylists are being required to sign." NYT
- Facing massive strikes, mining corporations may soon use weaponized drones to control workers
- Amazon warehouses under scrutiny after worker deaths
- Revealed: Asian slave labour producing prawns for supermarkets in US, UK
- India steel plant gas leak kills six in Bhilai
- Obama Moves On Minimum Wage Without Congress
- Vermont To Raise Minimum Wage To $10.50
- Seattle: Business adds 'living wage surcharge' after minimum wage hike—"A locally-owned parking business is adding an unusual charge that customers are just starting to notice."
- Industry Group Files Lawsuit Seeking To Kill Seattle's Minimum Wage, Claiming It Violates Their Free Speech
- Why Are Rhode Island Democrats Blocking Minimum-Wage Increases?—"With friends like this, who needs Republicans."
- Why You Hate Work—"Excessive demands are leading to burnout everywhere." NYT
- Google Has Started Hiring More People Who Didn't Go To College—Shades of Silicon Valley?
- European court: Death doesn't end holiday benefits—"Dying for a holiday, but can't fit one in? Not to worry — a new European court ruling says vacation benefits are still valid after death." WaPo
- The Onion: More Office Workers Switching To Fetal Position Desks
- PVP Online: Workaholics
- Boris Johnson calls for removal of anti-homeless spikes
- More US Cities Are Cracking Down on Feeding the Homeless
- Sarasota leaders help homeless veterans
- NYC Settles With 14 Occupy Protesters for $583K
- Cop who punched Occupy Wall Street protester gets tax-free disability pension—"Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona has been granted three-quarters tax free disability pension of roughly $120,000 a year for injuries suffered during his violent encounter with Felix Rivera-Pitre n the Financial District in October 2011."
- How House Democrats Are Caving On Key Mortgage Rules
- U.S. to Sue Citigroup Over Faulty Mortgage Bonds: Sources—"The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to sue Citigroup Inc on charges that the bank defrauded investors on billions of dollars worth of mortgage securities in the run-up to the financial crisis, after talks to resolve the probe broke down, people familiar with the matter said on Friday." NYT
- Judge considers dismissing U.S. fraud case against Bank of America—"DOJ may not have the evidence to try this as a fraud case."
- Senator to SEC: Stop granting waivers to law-breaking companies
- Australia: Government grabs $360 million from idle household bank accounts
