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As US Moves Ahead With Nuclear Power, No Solution for Radioactive Waste
President Obama has won wide bipartisan support for his determination to revive American nuclear power — a low-carbon energy solution that electric utilities and conservatives can support. But a …
Indiana’s New Republican Sec. of State Charged With Three Counts of Felony Voter Fraud
What do GOP superstar Ann Coulter, the head of the GOP's California voter registration firm Mark Anthony Jacoby, and, as of yesterday, Indiana's newly elected GOP Secretary of State …
If It Sounds Too Good … What You Need to Know, but Don’t, About Privatizing Infrastructure
Remember the old joke about some sharpie who takes innocents by “selling” them the Brooklyn Bridge? By the time the poor guy finds out he was taken, the crook …
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Women’s Day: Rallies Planned in Iran Despite Crackdown
New York - Women's rights campaigners are hoping for a strong turnout to public rallies set to be staged across the Islamic Republic of Iran next Tuesday, despite a …
For Profit or for Students?
For-profit colleges are expanding enrollments at a rapid pace, but it is questionable whether these revenue-seeking universities give adequate consideration to students’ welfare, retention/graduation rates, and overall economic well-being …
The Battle of Wisconsin
After my parents got back from a weeklong vacation in Florida, funded in part by the pensions they receive as retired Wisconsin public educators, they went to Madison and, …
Women on the Frontlines in Bahrain
The Persian Gulf island nation of Bahrain erupted on February 14 when protesters gathered at the “roundabout,” or Pearl Square, in the capital city of Manama. A country of …
Public Teachers: America’s New “Welfare Queens“
In 1976, on a failed campaign to the White House, Ronald Reagan coined one of his enduring linguistic legacies - the “welfare queen,” a mythical, inner-city resident who wastes …
Madison a Foretaste of Things to Come: the Next Big Occupation Could be Boomers Taking Over the Capitol Building
Union supporters demonstrate outside the State Capitol as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker prepares to speak about the state budget at a joint session of the Legislature in Madison, Wis.(Photo: …