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The ACA: Here to Stay
Eugene Robinson: “I don't know how we'll get there, but we're now on the road to universal health care. There's no turning back.”
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Time to Close the Red State Doughnut Hole
As one health care “donut hole” is closing, another one is opening up: The Red State Donut Hole.
Gitmo Attorneys Respond to Uighur Transfers
“We are grateful to Slovakia for resettling the three remaining Uighurs from Guantanamo, ending one of the most tragic chapters in Guantanamo's twelve-year history.”
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The Challenges of the New Year
The US isn't going anywhere, and the Middle East promises to be every bit as complicated and challenging to US policy-makers as it has been in the year just …
Revamp of the US Financial Industry
In order to consider the need for reforms, let us understand the various sub-sectors of US financial Industry.
On Heels of Brazil-Wide Protests, Aerospace Strikers Win Pay Raise
Brazil's labor laws are better than ours. Unions are allowed everywhere and workers vote by region and sector on which union will represent them.
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Elephants Pushed Toward Extinction as Terrorist Groups Bankrolled With Ivory Trade to US and China
Carved ivory elephants may already outnumber living elephants, which are being slaughtered at the unsustainable rate of 35,000 per year.
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Jim Hightower: Geithner Gets a Perch on Wall Street
The former Treasury Secretary is proof the Washington-to-Wall-Street revolving door serves the interests of bankers, not the public.
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Bluegrass Uprising
As American energy production booms, thousands face pipelines in their backyards.
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Major Social Transformation Is a Lot Closer Than You May Realize – How Do We Finish the Job?
It starts with winning over the hearts and minds of the American people.