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News in Brief: Federal Reserve Appointments and More
AP reported Thursday that six in ten Americans are living in cities where air pollution reaches dangerous levels. The Los Angeles area has the nation's worst ozone pollution, according …
Swiftboating Finance Reform
Republicans are blocking a Senate vote on the Dodd bill, seeking to build public support by misleading the public. They're claiming to want a stronger bill when in fact …
Murphy’s Law and the Stupidity of Obama’s Drill, Drill, Drill Offshore Oil Policy
British Petroleum had a fail-safe system for it's Deepwater Horizon floating deep-water drilling rig. You know, the one that blew up and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, leaving …
Closures and Charters Hailed as Future for Detroit Schools
Before Detroiters voted last fall on a half-billion-dollar bond measure to renovate and build new schools, the state-appointed financial manager Robert Bobb launched an “I’m In” campaign to keep …
Immigrant Rights Activists in Chicago Join the National Fray, Part I
For Miguel Gutierrez, an American citizen whose parents came to the country from Mexico as undocumented minors and were legalized during the 1986 amnesty, a couple of hours in …
Republicans Relent, Clear Financial Reform Bill for Debate
Washington — After three failed procedural votes this week, Senate Republicans Wednesday allowed Democrats to move financial reform legislation to the floor by unanimous consent. Republicans say they won …
Spy Agency: Pakistan Taliban Chief Hakimullah Mehsud Is Alive
Hakimullah Mehsud, a Taliban leader in Pakistan who was declared dead in January, is in fact alive, a senior intelligence official in Pakistan has said. The news comes amid …
By the Time I Get to Arizona
Rap and hip-hop have never been my cup of tea, for the most part. But ever since the governor of Arizona put pen to paper and officially designated every …
Ladies and Gentlemen: The US (In)Justice System
I've been reading, talking, and thinking a lot about justice lately. And the deeper I get into it, the more evident it is that our justice system isn't meeting …
New Poll Shows Strong Anti-Incumbent Feeling
A new survey released Wednesday highlights the dire state of incumbent candidates, showing that fewer than a third of voters are inclined to vote for their current representative, regardless …