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Statement by President Barack Obama on Release of His Birth Certificate
After releasing his certificate of live birth, which is signed by Hawaii state officials and his mother, President Barack Obama speaks to the media at the White House in …
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Talking Revolution: The New Elderly Generation can Provide the Spark for an American Rising
I am 62 and have just reached the age where I could apply for Social Security retirement benefits. Of course, I'd be crazy to do that and collect some …
Haiti’s Displaced: Greedy Landlords and an Absentee Government
A camp resident at a displacement camp in Port-au-Prince. (Photo: Vince Warren and Laura Raymond) Recently, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) delegation in Haiti visited the …
Cheney Was Right About One Thing: Deficits Don’t Matter
Former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) “Deficit terrorists” are gutting governments and forcing the privatization …
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House GOP Members Face Voter Anger Over Budget
Fort Lauderdale, Florida - In central Florida, a Congressional town meeting erupted into near chaos on Tuesday as attendees accused a Republican lawmaker of trying to dismantle Medicare while …
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Homeward: Notes on the Wisconsin to Come
And then, despair. Despair which is, I suppose, the best word I can summon with which to describe that suffocating sensation of a certain familiar combination of anger, frustration, …
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Bond Market Blackmail
A pair of statues by artist Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir was given to Reykjavík, Iceland, from the bank SPRON in 2004. (Photo: Gunnlaugur Þ. Briem) Now, there is a …
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Panetta and Petraeus in Line for Top Security Posts
Washington - President Obama is expected this week to name Leon E. Panetta, the director of central intelligence, as defense secretary and Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top American commander in Afghanistan, as …
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Double Jeopardy: Seniors Facing Hardships Hit by Budget Cuts
While advocates for elders are decrying political proposals that would cut budgets “on the backs of seniors and the poor,” Howard Bedlin of the National Council on Aging (NCOA) …
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In Nuclear Accident, Risks Extend Beyond Evacuation Zone
Washington - The nuclear power accidents at Fukushima this spring and at Chernobyl 25 years ago Tuesday show that radiation releases can endanger people and contaminate land many miles …