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Stunning Reversal: Democrats Kill Voting Rights Bill for DC
Washington - The House of Representatives, in a stunning reversal, will not consider whether to give the District of Columbia full voting rights in Congress. “The price was way …

Truthout | News in Brief (9)
The New York Times and the Guardian UK reported Tuesday that a new ash cloud arising from the Icelandic volcanic eruption was thought to be spreading south, halting cautious …

Addressing the Social Causes of Poor Health in Haiti
For most Haitians, when health care is available at all, it all too often treats the immediate problem only. Given the conditions under which the vast majority of Haitians …

Connie Schultz | A Presidential Order for Compassion
Only four days after Peter Taylor moved in with the man he loved, he was racing him to the closest emergency room. The following morning, his partner lay in …

This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow
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Froma Harrop | Too Much Medicine Isn’t Good Medicine
In the land of “too much ain't enough,” the idea that less medicine could be better medicine is a hard sell. This was impossible to discuss during the fracas …

President Obama
The good news is that President Barack Obama has ended the Bush administration's campaign against disarmament and has returned to traditional approaches toward arms control. The bad news is …

Nuclear Abolition Movement Steps Up Efforts in Wake of New START Treaty
Weeks after the signing of the cautious US-Russia START Treaty, the antinuclear movement has ratcheted up efforts to push for more rigorous steps toward a nuclear-free world. On the …

Schooling Generations in American Exceptionalism
"One of the most important aspects of citizenship is to acquire the concept of American Exceptionalism, or the idea that the ‘United States’ and its people differ from other …

Can Labor Unions Be Saved? (Audio)
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