Gayle Tzemach Lemmon reports for The Daily Beast: “Four female veterans who filed a lawsuit with the ACLU say combat exclusion is unfair and outdated, based on stereotypes, inhibits recognition and promotion of servicewomen–and ignores the realities of…
Craig Aaron writes on Reader Supported News: “[A]ccording to numerous reports . . . FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski . . . [is] circulating an order at the FCC to lift the longstanding ban on one company owning both daily newspapers and TV stations in an…
Justin Moyer reports for The Washington Post: “Almost a decade ago, a petition by the families of inmates tired of paying sky-high rates for prison telephone calls landed at the Federal Communications Commission. Martha Wright-Reed of the District, an 86…
Paul Krugman writes for The New York Times: “The important thing to understand now is that while the election is over, the class war isn’t. The same people who bet big on Mr. Romney, and lost, are now trying to win by stealth — in the name of fiscal res…
Susan Antilla writes for Bloomberg.com: “But there is something a little bit off when one party to a sex scandal is congratulated for the sins he managed not to commit while the other gets attacked as ‘a shameless, self promoting prom queen,’ which is th…