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Deal Reached on Extension of Patriot Act
Washington - Congressional leaders on Thursday reached a deal to extend by four years several statutes that expanded the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s counterterrorism and surveillance powers after the …
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City Worker Bargaining Rights Under Siege in Silicon Valley
(Photo: David Bacon) San Jose, California - Members of the city workers union in San Jose, the capital of California's Silicon Valley, marched May 17 to City …
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Honest Criticism Is Not Betrayal; It’s Democratic
President Barack Obama works as his motorcade arrives at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, May 18, 2011. (Photo: Pete Souza / White House) A very …
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Labor vs. Boeing: Corporations Fear Law Itself
Inside the Boeing Everett Factory 787 Dreamliner assembly plant in Washington. (Photo: cheukiecfu) The National Labor Relations Board is attempting to enforce our country's laws and the …
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The Importance of Being Tony Kushner
Coincidence combined with foresight on the part of my girlfriend Pat - she bought the tickets months ago - landed us at a performance of Tony Kushner's new play, …
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Obama Endorses 1967 Borders for Israel
President Barack Obama speaks about the role of the US in the Middle East from the State Department in Washington on May 19, 2011. Obama spoke broadly about the …
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News in Brief: Investigators Blame Massey’s Culture of “Wrongdoing” for Mine Disaster, and More
Investigators Blame Massey's Culture of “Wrongdoing” for Mine Disaster The first investigative report on the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster in West Virginia last spring blames …
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How Fox News Uses “Big, Scary Hip-Hop” to Race-Bait Its Viewers (3)
Last week, Fox News' Sean Hannity tried to create a controversy over the rapper Common's invitation to a White House poetry event. Citing a lyric in which Common criticized …
Bored to Death in Afghanistan (and Washington)
Army Sgt. Jerry Price, center, the senior medic of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry, comforts Spc. Donovan Lovelace, right, the 3rd Platoon medic, as a comrade is evacuated …
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The Bright Places in the Gloom
Dear Friends, If you are anything at all like me, you are in the habit of looking for the bright places in the gloom. They are, all …