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Op-Ed

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Jezebels, Welfare Queens – and Now, Criminally Bad Black Moms
The shocking Cobb County, Georgia, prosecution of Raquel Nelson, who law enforcement blamed when her son was killed by a drunken hit-and-run driver, has drawn national headlines and outrage. …

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Barack Obama and Harry Potter
Helene Cooper of the New York Times wrote a "news analysis" story saying that the challenge for President Obama is this: "Is he willing to …

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Rick Perry Says Social Security and Medicare Are Unconstitutional
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has, to say the least, a very odd understanding of the Constitution. He thinks Texas should be able to opt out of Social Security, …

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The Death Penalty Is a Miscarriage of Justice: It Should Be Abolished
There is nothing moral or just about the death penalty—certainly not the way it is implemented in America, and anyone who says otherwise is either deluding themselves or trying …

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War Budget Cuts Are Possible if We Counter Contractors’ Multimillion-Dollar Campaign Spending
The deal worked out to allow a rise in the debt ceiling gives us our first real chance in more than a decade to make significant cuts to our …

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Eight Union Victories Progressives Should Be Watching – and Learning From
We always hear that unions are in trouble. But that's not the whole story. While nearly one of every three American workers were union members in 1945, …

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England’s Ashes – Our Future?
Hopefully the worst of the violence is over in Great Britain. London's fires are cooling into ashes, and with any luck they won't be rekindled. But even though …

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Next Stop: Train Wreck
Sen. Jon Kyl, (R-Arizona), left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) walk to the Senate floor to vote on a plan to increase the debt ceiling, on Capitol …

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Economic Crisis or Nonviolent Opportunity? Gandhi’s Answer to Financial Collapse
(Photo: Pranav Yaddanapudi / Flickr) On Monday the Dow Jones industrial average fell 634.76 points; the sixth-worst point decline for the Dow in the last 112 years …

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Verizon’s Workers Strike Back at Corporate Greed – You Can Join Them!
The reason you see so many cellphone stores and ads everywhere is because wireless is a very lucrative business. Wireless companies are pulling in billions and their executives are …