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Can America Afford to Bring Home the Employee Army?
What happens when a war ends and an army comes home? It's been a vexing problem for centuries. Now the United States faces the problem again.
The Real Story Behind the Detroit Pension Fight and What It Means to America’s Future
“If you think of Detroit as far away and unrelated to life in your hometown, think again. The next victim could be your town, your community, your retirement.”
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Pentagon Calls Climate Change Impacts “Threat Multipliers,” Could Enable Terrorism
The U.S. Department of Defense released a report declaring the threat of climate change impacts a very serious national security vulnerability that could enable further terrorist activity.
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Deadly Fukushima Crisis Further Corrodes Viability of Nuclear Energy
Switching from nuclear power to renewable energy should be one of the consequences of the three-year-old Fukushima reactor meltdown.
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A Rededication to Public Education
We need to put the public back in public education and be clear about our goals and the best way to achieve them.
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William Rivers Pitt | In Memory of Bartcop: Seedcorn, Pioneer, Patriot
Coppage was, in his way, the Charlie Parker of liberal bloggers. Every saxophone player who followed Parker was blowing notes Bird had already blown better.
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Conservatives Offer Americans Empty Stomachs and Empty Rhetoric
Paul Ryan says that “the left” is offering Americans “a full stomach and an empty soul.” The truth is that conservatives like Paul Ryan are offering Americans empty stomachs …
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By the Way, Your Home Is on Fire: The Climate of Change and the Dangers of Stasis
Right now, you can think of the way we're living as an office tower and the fossil fuel economy as a plane crashing into it in very, very, very …
Mr. and Mrs. Labor-Management: Struggling to Make Their Marriage Work
My name is Labor and I married Mr. Management in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Department of Homeland Security Finalizes Standards to End Sexual Violence in Immigration Detention Facilities
Today, the Department of Homeland Security issued its national standards to address sexual abuse in immigration detention facilities.