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Obama’s Super-Bowl Fumble on Iran
Before President Barack Obama’s interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer, aired before the Super Bowl on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu probably hoped that, if Obama discussed Iran, he …
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Agribusiness Fights to Allow Children to Work in Manure Pits
Most child labor was prohibited in 1938, but there are a few exceptions for certain industries where children are still allowed to work.
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Big News on Bank Transfers
Two summers ago, at the U.S. Social Forum, I attended a panel discussion about ways to expand the use of credit unions as alternatives to the “too big to …
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The Mammogram Diversion: Is Komen Laying the Groundwork to Reject Planned Parenthood Proposals?
Is the Susan G. Komen Foundation using a “mammogram diversion” as a precursor to denying Planned Parenthood state affiliates access to future grants for breast cancer education and screening? …
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Many Catholic Universities, Hospitals Already Cover Contraception in Their Health Insurance Plans
Catholic leaders and the GOP presidential candidates have intentionally distorted the Obama administration’s new rule requiring employers and insurers to provide reproductive health benefits at no additional cost sharing. …
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The GOP’s Nonsensical Attempt to Paint Elizabeth Warren as a Hypocrite
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) George Washington was a hypocrite. O.K., that’s not what I believe. But it’s apparently what Senator …
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The American Middle Class Is Becoming Poor, and Mitt Romney Doesn’t Realize It
January’s increase in hiring is good news, but it masks a bigger and more disturbing story – the continuing downward mobility of the American middle class. Most of the …
Hundreds of Deaths as Europe Struggles with Snow Amid an Intense Cold Snap
Extreme cold and heavy snow buried parts of Europe over the past few days, claiming the lives of hundreds of hundreds of people, straining utilities in France, snarling transportation …
Haitian Cholera Victims to UN: Practice What You Preach
Rivye Kano, Haiti - Gathered silently in the shade of a mango tree here, dozens of people patiently wait their turn to tell us about the horror that descended …
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Agreeing to Disagree on Much, Occupiers and Tea Party Stand Together Against NDAA
Well almost standing together. The Worcester Telegram and Gazette reported that Occupy Wall Streeters in Worcester, MA "mostly occupied the north end of the small Federal Plaza Park and Tea Partiers …