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The Hidden History of ALEC and Prison Labor
James Wilson, a Berrydale Forestry Camp farm squad prisoner, finishes loading collard greens on a truck at the University of Florida West Florida Research and Education Facility in Jay, …
The Obama Doctrine and the Dangers of the $185 Billion Increase in US Nuclear War Preparations
President Barack Obama works as his motorcade arrives at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, May 18, 2011. Although Obama has spoken out against nuclear proliferation, he's …
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How to Take Our Country Back From the Money Men Who Fund the Tea Party
If there is a silver lining to the debt limit crisis — and it's a big if — it would be that the extremism of Republican agenda has finely …
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The Bizarro FDR
Barack Obama is a lot of things — eloquent, dissembling, conniving, intelligent and above all, calm. But one thing he is not is weak. This basic truth …
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Shell Gets Tentative Approval to Drill in Arctic
The Department of the Interior on Thursday granted Royal Dutch Shell conditional approval of its plan to begin drilling exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean next summer, a strong …
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Detroit Loves Good Mileage At Last
Fifty years ago, Ford unveiled a small-scale model for its atomic-powered car of the future. A capsule in the rear would contain the nuclear power and could be replaced. …
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The Republican’s Double-Dip Recession, and What Must Be Done
John Boehner said Tuesday the Republicans got “90 percent of what we wanted” from the budget deal. So presumably he and his colleagues are willing to take responsibility for …
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The Wrong Problem Solved
Washington - The debt-ceiling fight generated enough hyperventilation and heartburn to replace a coal-fired power plant. The resulting product? It's starting to look kind of puny and irrelevant. …
Studies Show Regulation Protects Health and Safety, Encourages Job Creation
Three recently published studies discuss the relationship between regulations and economic development. One study focuses on the job-creation potential of an individual environmental rule, and another touts the economic …
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Big Business Woos ALEC Legislators in the Big Easy
Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo: jezzfoodieme) On August 3, the American Legislative Exchange Council kicks off its annual meeting in the Big Easy. State legislators from …