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How to Complete Egypt’s Revolution
What the Egyptian revolution has thus far failed to do was to destroy the real basis of the old regime's power, ensuring that the regime would re-consolidate itself. The …
Radiation Is a Carcinogen: Any Exposure Can Cause Cancer
There is no safe level of exposure to ionizing radiation, only legally u201callowableu201d doses. Types of ionizing radiation include gamma rays, beta and alpha particles, and X-rays emitted by …
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Of Dreams and King: Dehumanization Begets Dehumanization
After 10 years of Congress stonewalling on the Dream Act, the president has now acted. For the students and families affected, the presidentu2019s new immigration policy directed at young …
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Fed Expected to Keep Twisting, but Will Markets Shout?
Faced with a wide range of signs warning of an economic slowdown, the Federal Reserve is expected to announce Wednesday that it will extend a controversial bond-buying program even …
Agent Orange at Okinawa’s Futenma Base in 1980s
The U.S. Marine Corps buried a massive stockpile of Agent Orange at the Futenma air station in Okinawa, seriously sickening the base's former head of maintenance and potentially contaminating …
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Public Workers Face New Rash of Layoffs, Hurting Recovery
Government payrolls grew in the early part of the recovery, largely because of federal stimulus measures. But since its postrecession peak in April 2009 (not counting temporary Census hiring), …
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In a Twist, Fed Stands Pat but Extends Twist
The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday itu2019d extend a controversial bond-buying program known as Operation Twist to help spark economic activity but gave only vague guidance about what kind of …
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Divide in Albany Kills Proposal on Marijuana
Too many black and Latino men were being arrested because, after being stopped by the police, they were forced to empty their pockets.
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The President’s Never-Ending Campaign for Cash
Aversion to the whole of idea of super PACs from many Democrats and the left diminished a willingness to give large sums to the Obama re-election effort. But that …
Joseph E. Stiglitz | The Price of Inequality
The American dream is a myth. There is less equality of opportunity in the United States today than there is in Europe u2013 or, indeed, in any advanced industrial …