Usually it just stovepipes influence from Wall Street to the government.
When Shuttling Between the Public and Private Sectors Actually Helped Cut Defense Spending
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Supporting Hillary Clinton Could Mean Choosing Between Your Son and Your Daughter
Like LBJ, as president, any domestic successes Hillary Clinton might achieve could be undercut by ill-advised interventions abroad.
Plenty of Blame to Spread Around for the Orlando Nightclub Shooting
It starts with a homophobic psychopath and extends to corporations and states.
Clinton’s Foreign Policy Poses a Challenge to the Left
Force, rather than negotiation, seems to be Hillary Clinton’s default response.
Upstart Parties Crash the Ball in Spain
A new progressive coalition seeks to end Spain’s punishing austerity regime and confront the country’s staggering unemployment.
When It Comes to Arms Control, Clinton Might Be Even Weaker Than Trump
In the 1980s, Donald Trump thought his “art of the deal” could be applied to arms control negotiations.
Muhammad, Christ, Buddha, and … ibn Abd al-Wahhab?
How did an eighteenth-century Arab preacher and scholar become one of the most influential religious figures in the world today?
Muhammad Ali: Early American Adopter of Islam
Muhammad Ali’s conversion to Islam was, in part, an attempt to transcend racism.
What if the U.S. Dismantled China’s Internet Firewall?
The U.S. could retaliate against a massive Chinese cyberattack by blowing up its web censorship.
Pakistan Still Suffering from the Delusion That It Can Control the Taliban
Pakistan cracks down on its militants to control, not extinguish, their movements.