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Cass Sunstein

"Civility" Should Not Be a Priority for a Democracy Under Threat

Biden is simply hiding behind "civility" to conceal the fact that, all too often, he shared portions of the same anti-democratic agendas embraced by vile segregationists, by his "Republican friends," and by his Wall Street donors

Ernest A. Canning · Jul 7, 2019

Former Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Dick Cheney shake hands

Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren make a joint appearance on Capitol Hill during a 2017 news conference about health care reform. (Photo: Andrew Harnik / AP)

Warren and Sanders Understand the Power of 'The Bad Guy'

Adam Johnson · May 23, 2019

Neither Debs Nor Brandeis, Or Why It Is a Mistake Now to Exaggerate Differences on the Left

Jeffrey C. Isaac · Mar 18, 2019

Those Demanding Free Speech Limits to Fight ISIS Pose a Greater Threat to U.S. Than ISIS

Glenn Greenwald · Dec 29, 2015

Western Spy Agencies Infiltrating, Warping World of Online Activism

Jon Queally, staff writer · Feb 25, 2014

NSA Stories from Around the World

Revelations continue to produce outcomes on multiple levels in numerous countries around the world

Glenn Greenwald · Sep 23, 2013

'A Total Joke': 'Independent' Review of NSA Not Actually Independent

New report shows review board functions under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and is comprised of White House insiders

Sarah Lazare, staff writer · Sep 22, 2013

It's Time to Start Paying Close Attention to the Mechanisms of the Deregulation Machine

Ralph Nader · Apr 6, 2013

How Liberals Shirk Responsibility for Atrocious Policies

Thomas S. Harrington · Jan 4, 2013

Death by Delay: Obama Team Stalls on Chemical Regulation

Rebekah Wilce · Mar 26, 2012

Corporate Whistleblowers Get the Silent Treatment From Washington

Why no one would listen

Eyal Press · Mar 6, 2012

Report Highlights Obama's Broken Environmental Promises

Critics say White House office operates as 'one-stop wrecking machine' for important environmental protections

Nov 29, 2011

Is Sea World a Slave Plantation? Lawsuit for Animals Garners High-Power Support

Bruce Friedrich · Nov 2, 2011

Symptoms of the Bush-Obama Presidency

The Saved and the Sacked

David Bromwich · Aug 18, 2011

The Horrible Prospect of Supreme Court Justice Cass Sunstein

Glenn Greenwald · Mar 26, 2010