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Budget Deals Deep Cuts to Obama Administration’s Transparency Sites
Though the budget deal struck by lawmakers over the weekend averted a shutdown of the federal government, it still has open-government advocates worried about a shutdown of another sort: …
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What I Wish Jill Biden Would Talk About With Respect to America’s Community Colleges
(Photo: John Orrell / Flickr) "Our community colleges can serve as 21st-century job training centers, working with local businesses to help workers learn the skills to fill …
Quake’s Aftermath Weighs Heavily on Women
Yuka Kobayashi, 14, stands in front of what's left of her home in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture, Japan, March 31, 2011. Tokyo - Since the horrific Mar. 11 …
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House Approves Ryan Plan, GOP’s Budget Blueprint
Washington - The House of Representatives, on a largely party line vote, Friday approved a Republican vision of America's future that would change how seniors and lower income people …
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Blast Kills 9 at Afghan Base, Including 5 From NATO
Kabul, Afghanistan - For the second time in as many days, a suicide bomber used an Afghan National Security uniform to elude early detection and approach his target, killing …
Budget Battles: Sound, Fury and Fakery
(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Nilton Kodama / Flickr) Weeks of highly publicized debates - some in Congress, more in the mass media - brought Republicans …
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Republican Budget So Loony Even the Nuts Think It’s Nuts!
The Republican budget is so loony it's even scaring the right-wing nuts! How often does that happen? The Republicans are voting on their budget plan this week. …
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Obama’s Wrongheaded Stance on Nuclear Power – After Japan Disaster
President Barack Obama, in the Rose Garden at the White House, prepares to speak at a press conference about the disasters in Japan, March 17, 2011. (Doug Mills / …
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UnPATRIOTic: Why Our Government Won’t Protect Our Rights – and What We Can Do About It
(Photo: Mecki Mac / Flickr) This spring, as he did last year amid conspicuously little fanfare, President Obama stands ready to sign into law a bill reauthorizing …
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Ikea Joins the Race to the Bottom
When it comes to ubiquitous symbols of mass American culture, the 1999 movie “Fight Club” aptly reminded us that bland Ikea furniture is now on par with Mom and …