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The blame has been flying -- it's Obama's fault, Rahm Emanuel's, Harry Reid's -- but what if the problem simply is the Senate? We ask the New Yorker's Hendrik Hertzberg, Lawrence Lessig and Nancy Scola of the Personal Democracy Forum. Lisa Graves is the publisher of SourceWatch.org, which writes the history of the people, companies and front groups trying to shape public policy. She weighs in on the recent Citizens United decision. Joe Sacco discusses his work and why he chooses the medium he does to tell these riveting stories. We talk a lot about the future of news and newspapers around here, but what about the paper that the news is printed on? A video from Inform Inc, directed by Virginia Ramsey, Brian Ohl, and Eleanor Saunders, looks at paper, recycling, and its impact on the environment. And another from our friends at Street Films looks at the changes to Times Square. Finally, Laura points out the need for public, non-ad-supported media.