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How Democrats Can Hold the House in 2010
Job growth will be a key factor in whether voters let Democrats retain control of the House in 2010, says John Podesta, influential Democrat and CEO of Center for …
Naomi Klein | Memo to Danes: Even You Cannot Control This Summit
On Saturday night, after a week of living off of conference center snack bars, a group of us were invited to a delicious home-cooked meal with a real live …
Senate Appears Ready to Drop Medicare Expansion
Washington — Senate Democrats appeared ready Monday to drop a controversial plan to expand Medicare coverage to 55- to 64-year-olds, a proposal that's threatened to scuttle the massive health …
Study Proves Three Monsanto Corn Varieties’ Noxiousness to the Organism
A study published in the International Journal of Biological Sciences demonstrates the toxicity of three genetically modified corn varieties from the American seed company Monsanto, the Committee for Independent …
Thinking Outside the Box: What Obama Could Have Said
Much of the American public is skeptical about the value of President Obama's plan, announced in his address of December 1, to send another 30,000 US troops to fight …
You Can’t Bomb Knowledge: An Interview With Mohamed El Baradei
Before he stepped down last month, Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, as the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), had to deal with some of the world's toughest …
Copenhagen Global Warming Talks Suspended Over Rich-Poor Divide
Negotiations on a deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions and head off global warming were suspended Monday morning in Copenhagen, with poorer countries charging wealthier nations aren't prepared to …
American Principle Is Power
With the release of the so-called “torture” memos and now the full Senate Armed Services Committee's report on detainee treatment, the debate over detainee abuse has focused on further …
Obama’s Wars, Obama’s Casualties, Obama’s Responsibilities
On Veterans Day 2009, President Barack Obama walked through the headstones in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, DC. He was deliberating his impending decision to escalate and then terminate …
Lieberman May Torpedo Health Care Reform
Senate Democrats who thought they had found a workable compromise on health care reform learned otherwise from independent Sen. Joe Lieberman over the weekend.