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23 States With “Stand Your Ground” Laws Like Florida
A makeshift memorial for Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old who was shot to death by a neighborhood watchman last month, near the gated community where Martin was killed in Sanford, …
Loan Forgiveness Good for the Economy, and Maybe Fannie and Freddie Mac Too
New analyses by mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have added an explosive new dimension to one of the most politically charged debates about the housing crisis: Whether …
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Groups Attempt to Influence Supreme Court on Healthcare
Justice Clarence Thomas likens all the outside political pressure that the Supreme Court is facing over its review of the Obama administration's sweeping health care law to the distraction …
Obamacare Battle Will Be a Proxy Fight of Divisions in American Politics
The Obamacare battle that will come before the Supreme Court in the longest hearings in nearly a half-century is a proxy fight between the seemingly irreconcilable differences in American …
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The Republican Budget, Explained
The new Republican budget plan: Smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke. Tax cuts for the 1%, cuts …
Codes of Silence and Child Abuse Cover-Ups: The Sick Underbelly of Institutions in the US
Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach accused of child sexual abuse, leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Dec. 13, 2011. (Photo: Jeff Swensen / …
Did the Founders Hate Government?
Orwell’s insight - that who controls the present controls the past, and who controls the past controls the future - could apply to the American political debate in which …
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Why Do We Protest the NATO Summit?
After the end of World War II, a group of nations in the north Atlantic established NATO to impede Russian influence over the reconstruction of Europe and to facilitate …
So, Is Dimock’s Water Really Safe to Drink?
When the Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that tests showed the water is safe to drink in Dimock, Penn., a national hot spot for concerns about fracking, it …
Privatization Threatens Open Government
On July 4, 1966, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) into law, establishing the public's right to access to government information. Surprisingly, Republican Congressman Donald …