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Union-Backed Ballot Measures Mostly Fared Well
Union-backed ballot measures fared well around the country Tuesday, with an exception in Michigan and an uncertain outcome in Phoenix.
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Over 400,000 Votes Yet to Be Counted in Maricopa County
Is Sheriff Joe Arpaio's re-election legitimate?
Petraeus Resigns From CIA, Admits Affair
CIA Director David Petraeus ends a 37-year military and intelligence career.
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Direct Democracy: Results of Ballot Propositions Across the Country
There were 188 measures on the ballot in 38 states. Here is a round-up of the results.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Report Finds That Allowing the Bush Tax Cut for the Rich to Expire Will Have the Least Negative Effect on the Economy, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Congressional Budget Office released a report that found that allowing the Bush tax cut to expire for the very rich will have …
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Indian Country Looks Forward With Optimism After Record Turnout Beats Voter ID, Other Barriers
Minnesota's most heavily Native American precincts more decisively rejected a state constitutional amendment that would have required photo ID to vote than did precincts with fewer Native voters.
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Chicago’s New Lady Labor Slugger Reactivates Social Movement Unionism
Teachers' battle against corporatization of education takes a page from history.
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Next Steps for the Occupy Movement: The Tenderloin Today Project
An Occupy-inspired San Francisco entrepreneur brings hot food and hot prospects to the Tenderloin.
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Latif Autopsy Report Ready: Public Resolution to Gitmo Mystery Endures
Long-awaited answers to the mysterious death of man detained for more than a decade at Guantanamo may reside in an autopsy report that apparently won't be made public anytime …
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How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
Truthout's own Leslie Thatcher reviews new book by Sy Montgomery “Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World.”