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Reid Backs Debt Deal; Waiting for Senate Dems to Sign On
Washington - Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, has tentatively signed off on the budget deal being negotiated with top Republicans by the White House, moving Congress closer to …
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Senate Blocks Reid’s Debt Ceiling Plan; Talks Continue
Washington - Last-ditch budget talks between top Congressional Republicans and President Obama continued on Sunday, as the top Senate Republican and Democrat both expressed optimism that a $3 trillion …
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Matt Damon: Stop the War on Teachers
Actor and activist Matt Damon spoke at the Save Our Schools rally today. Before he spoke, Damon granted ThinkProgress an exclusive interview. We asked him about how teachers unions …
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Brazil’s Deforestation Quagmire
A string of recent events indicates that Amazonian deforestation and violence against environmental activists are on the rise. The Brazilian Congress’s lower house approves …
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Laws “Not Enough” to Tackle Violence Against Native Women
Juana Majel Dixon, first vice president of the National Congress of American Indians, said earlier this year that, "Young women on reservations live their lives in anticipation of being …
$35 Billion of Oil Plus an “Uncontacted” Tribe Equals Coverup
What do you do if you want to build a pipeline but an “uncontacted” tribe is in the way?
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The Wisconsin Workers Uprising (Part 2)
Was the occupation of the state capital in Madison, Wisconsin a resurgence of organized labor in the United States? Or the last gasp for unionized workers, as they face …
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Spain: “Indignant” Demonstrators Marching to Brussels to Protest Effects of Crisis
Protesters from several European Union cities have begun to follow the example of hundreds of demonstrators from Spain who are marching from Madrid to Brussels, the bloc's de facto …
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Senate Delays Vote on Debt Bill as 11th-Hour Talks Gain Ground
Washington - With the deadline for a debt limit increase inching perilously closer, Congress remained deadlocked Saturday over how to avoid a crisis as both houses spent the day …
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Freedom From Fear Awards: Arizona Student Fights for DREAM Act
A surprise phone call that her college tuition had gone from $5,000 to $18,000 made Erika Andiola wonder if her educational career was over. Andiola had been looking forward …