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Cut the Pentagon Budget, Not Social Security and Veterans’ Benefits, Save 380,000 Jobs
Some people in Washington want to cut Social Security and veterans' benefits, by cutting the cost-of-living adjustment.
Election Countdown 2012: As the Police Fear Protest at the RNC All “Basic Rudiments of Puppeteering” Are Banned and More
Here the latest news around the nation as we eagerly approach the 2012 election.
Adaptation to the Climate Crisis: That Was Easy
Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil, admitted recently that global warming is not a hoax, but that we needn't worry.
Your Must-Do Assignment for This Year, Read This Chart and Pass It On
War or no war, this budget just keeps growing in real terms, despite the rise and fall of threats, despite what the rest of the world was spending on …
Mitt Romney’s Tax Mysteries: A Reading Guide
Romney said he'd paid all the taxes that are legally required and not a dollar more. So what do we know about how he avoided that extra dollar?
Seven Blockaders Arrested in Livingston Lockdown
Four activists were locked to the pipe-carrying truck Tuesday up until the point of their arrest.
Election Countdown 2012: Maine Republicans Walk Out on RNC in Support of Ron Paul and More
The Republican National Convention forges on in Tampa as the rest of the country heads closer and closer to Election Day 2012.
Obamacopters Give West Papuans Another Reason to Worry
There has been talk of an arms deal between the United States and Indonesia.
Post-Katrina Reforms in New Orleans Continue to Disenfranchise African-Americans, Poor
Seven years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has become a laboratory for government reforms that often pit new residents against those who grew up here, rich against poor, and …
Freedom and the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Tehran
In March 2005, President George W. Bush used the phrase "freedom is on the march" in reference to Lebanon's Intifadat-al-Istiqlal uprising against Syria's heavy influence in their country. Bush …