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Christopher Petrella, Op-Ed: CCA also fails to meet any other criteria for exemption. The Corrections Corporation of America, for example, is not a "single source for goods of services" in that there are many other private corrections companies as well as state departments of corrections up to the task. Additionally, CCA does not reflect a "necessary public interest." Why? Well, the U.S. incarceration rate was far, far lower before the introduction of private prisons in 1983. 
Candice Bernd, News Report: The ruling is another example of a legal system that works against the interests of the many, and one more reason why Tar Sands Blockade organizers believe direct action is necessary. The lockdown at the pipe yard is only the first of many actions to unfold as we turn up the heat on one of the hottest summers ever recorded. Denny Hook, a retired minister in Gainesville, Texas, describes himself as "an environmentalist that happens to be a minister." Hook hopes to inspire more people to join the movement. 
Richard (RJ) Eskow, Op-Ed: "Non-banking billionaires contributed to the war-chest too. New GOP-backed bills -- and more importantly, GOP-appointed judges - have allowed billionaires to keep on giving enormous sums of money to their cause once they've reached the official limit for campaign contributions. So far SuperPACs have raised nearly a quarter of a billion dollars from wealthy individuals for this year's election. And nearly 60 percent of that money came from just 47 people." 
Ian Millhiser, News Report: The GOP platform closely echoes a brief filed by GOP mega attorney Paul Clement on behalf of several Republican elected officials challenging the Affordable Care Act in the Supreme Court. According to Clement, because federal revenues are "composed of tax dollars collected from the States' own residents," it somehow follows that state governments have a claim on federal revenue. The GOP platform suggests that this claim is so strong that any federal program which grants money to the states is unconstitutional if it also requires the states to comply with certain rules in order to receive that money. 
David Sirota, Op-Ed: At the municipal level, weak building codes and zoning regulations often do not mandate what's necessary to prevent — or mitigate — fires that all taxpayers then have to pay to put out. At the national level, Colorado Public Radio, citing findings from the watchdog Headwaters Economics, reports that federal funding formulas mean "local governments have little (incentive) to stop zoning mountain areas for more housing more housing when they know the federal government will come in and pay most wildfire suppression costs when the blazes spark." 
Suevon Lee, News Analysis: "It's not just large-scale changes like photo voter-ID laws and redistricting to which Section 5 extends, either — it applies to even incremental changes at the local level. For instance, when the Pitt County School District in North Carolina wanted to reduce in 2011 the number of school board members from 12 to seven and shorten their terms of office, the DOJ objected on grounds the changes would decrease representation of minority-preferred candidates on the school board." 
Amy Goodman, Video Report: While Adelson's daughter first accused our Burke of hitting her, she later came out of the suite to apologize. The incident was caught on tape, shortly after Burke questioned another billionaire GOP donor, David Koch, as well as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele. Burke files a report and joins us to describe what happened. 
Beverly Bell, Op-Ed: "New Orleans and Haiti were profoundly connected long before their dual disasters. Nowhere else in the U.S. has a longer, deeper relationship with Haiti than New Orleans. Their histories crisscross: Both suffered colonization and enslavement by the Spanish and French. Louisiana even came to be part of the US because of Haiti: France sold the Louisiana Territory -- approximately one-third of the current U.S. land mass -- to the U.S. in 1803 to recoup some of the financial losses it incurred while trying to defeat the Haitian revolution." 
William H. Fraker, News Analysis: "It's really nice and soothing to put your hands in the soil and give all your problems to the dirt," Howard says. There's something profound about turning pain and sadness into beauty and life, a magic reaction that here only the garden seems to accomplish -- a positive alternative to other routes so often taken by Richmonders, those of drugs and violence. Yet the healing powers of the garden are much more than mental and emotional. 
Thomas Magstadt, Op-Ed: The growing wealth gap, the power of television to shape public perceptions of reality, and the unrestricted flow of private funds into political campaigns combine to transform Madison's "commercial republic" into a republic so corrupted by billionaire bankers, hedge fund managers, venture capitalists, and casino moguls that voters can expect no honesty, truth, or even serious discourse from the politicians who run for office. Under such circumstances elections are a farce. 
Michael Beckel, News Report: Goode, a staunch supporter of the 2nd Amendment and vocal opponent of abortion, served six terms in Congress — first as a Democrat, then as an independent and finally as a Republican, until he was unseated in 2008. Third-party candidates like Goode have no chance of winning the White House, but one only need look to the 2000 presidential election to be reminded of their potential impact. 
Carey L. Biron, News Report: Overlooked in today's renewed agriculture policy, Nierenberg said, are "those things we already know work", such as a spectrum of sustainable practices, rainwater harvesting and the use of natural fertilizers. She also highlights a need to return to national policies of storing grains and other foodstuffs, a practice that has faded in recent years. 
J. Bradford DeLong, Op-Ed: But the mechanisms that individuals can use to join with their immediate neighbors in political action that makes a difference in their lives have become much weaker. If, say, 25% of the 1,000 households in the 30-block Brookside "fiberhood" in Kansas City, Missouri, pre-subscribe, Google will provide all 1,000 with the opportunity to get very cheap, very fast Internet service very soon. --
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