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Obama Now Gets a Chance to Remake His Cabinet
Now re-elected, Obama must make some changes to his Cabinet, starting with replacing Hilary Clinton as Secretary of State.
John Nichols: Overwhelming Obama Victory Not Just a Mandate for the President, but for Progressives
Journalist John Nichols argues that the 2012 election provided not just a mandate for the Obama administration and the Democrats, but for progressive policies.
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Kansas, Missouri Won’t Set Up Health Insurance Exchanges
States have less than a week to decide whether they will set up insurance exchange markets or whether the government will step in. Kansas, reluctantly, chose federal intervention.
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Millions of Voters Demand Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
Voters from red Montana, to blue Massachusetts and purple Colorado all agreed on one thing: Citizens United must go.
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A Binder Full of 20 Women Senators
The 113th Congress will have 20 female senators, the most ever in US history.
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Sandy Sweeps Away New York City’s Only Day Laborer Center
Since the NYPDu2019s decision to deny entry to the area, workers have been forced to go back to street corners.
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Noam Chomsky: My Visit to Gaza, the World’s Largest Open-Air Prison
From the earliest days of the Zionist colonization it was argued that Arabs have no real reason to be in Palestine: They can be just as happy somewhere else, …
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Mission Possible: Transforming the Corporation
As corporations are at the center of today's political economy and its negative consequences, their transformation must be at the center of building the new operating system needed for …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Must Compromise on Taxes, and More
Post Election Day analysis by Thom Hartmann.