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Court Upholds Health Care Law, Individual Mandate Survives as Tax
The long-awaited Supreme Court vote on Obamacare Thursday upheld the individual mandate, which requires individuals to buy health insurance or face a fine, as a tax.
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Supreme Court Upholds Individual Mandate As A Tax
The Supreme Court has upheld the individual mandate in Obamacare, paving the way for full implementation of the law in the states and ensuring that millions of uninsured Americans …
Who Bankrolled the Fight Against the Health Care Law?
The lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the National Federation for Independent Business (NFIB), is a highly partisan front …
Mad, Bad, Sad: What’s Really Happened to America’s Soldiers
PTSD is an epidemic among America's veterans.
How a Lone Grad Student Scooped the Government and What it Means for Your Online Privacy
How a young computer scientist discovered that Google was secretly planting cookies on a vast number of iPhone browsers.
House Headed Toward Contempt Vote on Holder, Could Be Bipartisan
An eleventh-hour deal elusive, the House of Representatives was poised to vote Thursday on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder, the nationu2019s highest-ranking law enforcement officer, in contempt …
Lessons From Occupy Wall Street’s First Political Prisoner
Mark Adams' short but excessive sentence is, for many, an introduction to the risks of dissent.
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Why the Supreme Court Will Uphold the Constitutionality of the Health Care Law
Robert Reich discusses the Supreme Court's imminent decision on the health care law.
In Florida, Minimum Mandatory Sentencing Laws Fuel Push for Private Prisons
On Valentine's Day this year, Florida almost made the unprecedented move to privatize 29 of its prisons, but the legislation was narrowly defeated.
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Paul Krugman: To End This Depression, What Do We Do Now?
Paul Krugman: Itu2019s extremely important that we take action to promote a real, full recovery.