Bill Boyarsky on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/bill_boyarsky Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2012 2012-05-10T16:08:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo High School All Over Again http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/BillBoyarsky/~3/rvS5oxjDMFo/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/high_school_all_over_again_20120510/ ari melber, barack obama, bill boyarsky, caren bohan, david corn, eliot spitzer, high school, jimmy kimmel, mike allen, mother jones, nation, politico, prom, reuters, white house correspondents association, white house correspondents dinner,

Washington journalism is like high school. It has the same cool kids, mean girls, social rankings and the big prom—the White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner. But unlike what happens in high school, the insular behavior of the Washington media affects the whole nation.

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]]> 2012-05-10T16:08:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/high_school_all_over_again_20120510/ Organizers, Not Occupiers: The Young People Working in the Shadows of a National Movement http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/BillBoyarsky/~3/D2S4StIDDk4/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/oranizers_not_occupiers_the_young_people_working_in_the_shadows_of_a_nation/ bill boyarsky, campaign, community organizers, conference, economy, immigration, media, occupy, occupy la, occupy wall street, organizers, politics, usc, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

By chance, the revelation of how Apple evades millions of dollars in taxes broke three days before May Day, when workers of the world traditionally protest such injustice.

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The wealthy financiers of Americans Elect are trying to get a so-called centrist on the ballot in all 50 states. That label doesn’t apply to Anderson, who is vying for their nomination anyway and tells me “amazing things can happen.”

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]]> 2012-04-25T08:49:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/rocky_anderson_is_crashing_the_third_party_20120425/ 20 Years After the L.A. Riots and Nothing Has Changed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/BillBoyarsky/~3/cDfWA6RDdqQ/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20_years_after_the_la_riots_and_nothing_has_changed_20120417/ bill boyarsky, la riots, los angeles, oj simpson, poll, race, racism, riots, trayvon martin, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

The killing of Trayvon Martin is a reminder of the racial divide poisoning American life, which has resisted all attempts to bridge it, even after the country elected its first African-American president.

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]]> 2012-04-17T23:28:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20_years_after_the_la_riots_and_nothing_has_changed_20120417/ Uncle Mitt Feels Your Pain http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/BillBoyarsky/~3/5Y8l9rFU8CY/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/uncle_mitt_feels_your_pain_20120411/ 2012, barack obama, bill boyarsky, campaign, democrats, economy, election, mitt romney, obama, politics, republicans, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

The pain of the Great Recession lingers, remaining a big obstacle to President Barack Obama’s hopes for re-election.

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]]> 2012-04-11T10:39:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/uncle_mitt_feels_your_pain_20120411/ Obama’s (Smaller) Army of Volunteers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/BillBoyarsky/~3/Yg9vL0rEdtE/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/obamas_smaller_army_of_volunteers_20120405/ 2012, affordable care act, barack obama, campaign, health care, obamacare, president, riverside, supreme court, volunteer, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

The night after President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act was being mercilessly attacked by U.S. Supreme Court conservatives, I was surprised to find a group of Obama volunteers cheerfully gathered in a nondescript office building east of Los Angeles to make phone calls for the president’s campaign.

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]]> 2012-04-05T23:33:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/obamas_smaller_army_of_volunteers_20120405/ Liberty and Health Care for All http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/BillBoyarsky/~3/iUdYkcey-Gk/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/liberty_and_health_care_for_all_20120329/ health care reform, health insurance, medicaid, medical, obamacare, recession, scotus, supreme court, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

“There is an important connection, a profound connection, between that problem and liberty. And I do think it’s important that we not lose sight of that,” Solicitor General Donald Verrilli told the Supreme Court.

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]]> 2012-03-30T00:16:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/liberty_and_health_care_for_all_20120329/ The Quiet Revolution in America’s Statehouses http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/BillBoyarsky/~3/e1T9GO3jZ18/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_quiet_revolution_in_americas_statehouses_20120322/ 2012, abortion, budget, contraception, health care, medicaid, mitt romney, paul ryan, statehouse, super pac, taxes, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

What’s a pittance for a super PAC can buy a state senator, beginning with financing a campaign and continuing support into the statehouse. These campaigns to take over state governments will grow as business sees the possibilities.

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