Hot Ideas for a Cold Economy

Our Gerrymandered Democracy

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Graphic: Jaeah Lee/Mother Jones

Mother Jones has published a piece looking at how, thanks to GOP-led "redistricting," the Republican Party got a disproportionately higher number of its candidates into office than Democrats, vis-à-vis the popular vote. The article also included this interesting chart: … read more.

What Fiscal Cliff?

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Another great chart from Blog of the Century's Benjamin Landy, who, deflating the doomsday language about Congress driving off an economic cliff, writes: Originally … read more.

Big Bad Corn

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The folks at Learn Stuff have a long, film-strippy graphic highlighting the negative effects the raising of corn is having on the environment and economy. … read more.