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Another Liberty Plaza Taken and Held Near Wall Street
When more than a thousand protesters marched on Saturday from Bowling Green, near the southern tip of Manhattan, toward the backup meeting point marked “2″ on their maps, they …
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Pennsylvania GOP Weighs Electoral Vote Changes for 2012
The newly empowered Republicans in Pennsylvania are considering changing the way the state awards its electoral votes in presidential elections despite growing concerns by some Republicans that the move …
Five Biggest Right-Wing Lies About Solyndra
Solar panels line a rooftop at Solyndra's solar panel factory in Fremont, California, October 6, 2010. As California companies finally begin mass production of a new type of solar …
Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme? Is The Washington Post a Criminal Enterprise?
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas speaking at the Conservative Political Action Committee 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Ever since Texas Gov. Rick Perry attacked Social …
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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright Recalls Obama’s Fall From Grace
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright speaks at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday, April 28, 2008. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) held a news conference the next day and …
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How Change Is Going to Come in the Food System
(Photo: Kalense Kid) In the forty years since the publication of Frances Moore Lappé’s Diet for a Small Planet, a movement dedicated to the reform of the …
Five Super-Congress Debt-Cutting Myths
Ten years ago the country was on track to pay off the entire national debt in ... ten years. But then... So President Bush left behind a $1.4 trillion …
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“Occupy Wall Street”: Thousands March in New York City Financial District, Set Up Protest Encampment
Demonstrators are marching on Wall Street today on the third day of a campaign dubbed “Occupy Wall Street,” which began on Saturday when thousands gathered in New York …
If Frank Bruni Knew Arithmetic, He Wouldn’t Write Columns Like this One
Frank Bruni, one of the NYT's new columnists, ran a column today complaining about government corruption in Italy and the impact that an aging population in both Italy and …
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What to Make of Sarah Palin’s Alleged Cocaine Use
A forthcoming unauthorized biography about former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is generating news around the country. The two items getting the most ink so far are the claims …