The free-market fantasy stands discredited by events. The challenge now: redeeming effective and democratic government
Energy & the Environment
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Atlantic Surging, Virginia Sinking
Rising sea level in Norfolk threatens the town, the Navy, and a state in denial.
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Did Koch Brothers Just Doom America to a Future of Crumbling Roads and Tunnels?
First, their minions called for Chris Christie to cancel a much-needed rail project, and he did. Now they’ve set their sights on Congress to do much the same.
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Chris Christie Counts on Public Amnesia
With his newfound support for expanding New Jersey’s rail capacity, the governor hopes no one remembers that he killed an earlier federally subsidized project that would have done exactly that.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
One Man’s Battle Against the Crude-Oil ‘Bomb Trains’ Running Through His Backyard
Ed Ruszel didn’t set out to be an environmental activist. Then Valero Energy announced a plan to bring 3 million gallons of tar-sands crude—every day—within feet of his family business.
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The Great Budget Sellout of 2014: Do We Even Have a Second Party?
The Democrats not only lost this vote on issues they allegedly care about; they lost their role as a credible opposition.
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Low Oil Prices Are History’s Greatest Case of Market Failure
They price oil and gas based on current demand and supply, and not based on the costs to the planet in pollution, global climate change, sea level rise, and more.
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The Keystone XL Issue May Be Resolved With—Shocker—Democratic Capitulation
There are hints of a presidential veto. Is Obama trying to get something in return, which Senate Democrats didn’t bother to ask for?
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Progressive Midterm Victories You Didn’t Hear About — And Some That Could Still Happen
Across the nation, voters passed measures against fracking and abortion restrictions, and for the minimum wage, paid sick leave, public safety and gun reform.Â
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Meet the Working Families Party, Whose Ballot Line is in Play in New York
The WFP has amassed the power to turn progressive ideas into law. But a controversial attempt to work a deal with incumbent New York Governor Cuomo has put its ballot line at stake.
