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AARP Experts: Entitlements Critical for Nation’s Aging Majority Minority
When Gerri Goncalves regained her strength after her heart attack some years ago, she began volunteering for AARPu2019s advocacy efforts in Sacramento, Californiau2019s capital, to help other seniors stand …
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Illinois Ballot Amendment Attacks Public Employee Pensions By Attacking Democracy
Illinoisu2019s November ballot will include Amendment 49, which would require a three-fifths vote in order to increase pensions or other public retirement benefits.
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No Evidence That High-End Tax Cuts Help the Economy
CRS did, however, find a correlation between reductions in these tax rates and greater income inequality.
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Dark Money Poured Into New Mexico Senate Contest
Dark money groups flooded Albuquerqueu2019s airwaves in August, aiming to sway a hotly contested U.S. Senate race by making more than half the political ad buys on top TV …
South African Miners Win Through Wildcats
South African miners won a dramatic pay increase in September, following a wave of strikes that spread to many gold and platinum mines.
A Bill to Make Employers Less Mean to Pregnant Women
Whatever our political conflicts, we can generally agree that we should treat pregnant women nicely
MEK Delisting Slap in the Face for Average Iranians
As for the people of Iran, many are beginning to wonder why the US despises them so much.
Why I’m Going to Pakistan: Under Scrutiny, the Drone Strike Policy Will Fall
But in order for this political story to continue to work, drone strikes have to continue to be a black box, about which you can claim
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Netanyahu Backs Off On Iran
That suggests he is reading the U.S. polls and thinks he may have to deal with President Obama in a second term, says ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.
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Youngest Guantanamo Detainee Goes Home to Canada
Omar Khadr spent ten years, from the age of 15, at the Pentagon's prison camp in Cuba.