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Women Figure Anew in Senate’s Latest Battle
Washington - With emotions still raw from the fight over President Obama’s contraception mandate, Senate Democrats are beginning a push to renew the Violence Against Women Act, the once …
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Reid Forces McConnell to Compromise on Judges
As ThinkProgress previously reported, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed seventeen petitions to break Senate Republican filibusters on as many judges earlier this week. Initially, McConnell reacted to …
Michael Moore | Romney, Goldman Sachs and the Muppets
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How We Cured “the Culture of Poverty,” Not Poverty Itself
A homeless man on the streets of Washington, DC. (Photo: Elvert Barnes / Flickr) It’s been exactly 50 years since Americans, or at least the non-poor among …
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My Statement Regarding Greg Smith’s Goldman Resignation
The Goldman Sachs building. (Photo: Waldemar Koscielny / Flickr) Today, I have received dozens of media requests and hundreds of emails regarding former Goldman Sachs executive, Greg …
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Sen. Barbara Boxer Claims Success With Bipartisan Transportation Bill
Washington - The Senate's approval Wednesday of a two-year, $109 billion transportation bill gives Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer a prize that has sometimes eluded her: a newly polished reputation …
The United States Has Been Enabling Torture for Decades
(Image: Troy Page; Adapted: mike.benedetti, Caleb Kimbrough) Marjorie Cohn – a law professor and past president of the National Lawyer's Guild – has assembled a compelling interdisciplinary …
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Corporations Are People; Money Is Speech
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Goldman Sachs Thinks You’re a “Muppet,” and More
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Former NSA Official’s Advice to Fellow Whistleblowers: “You Better Lawyer Up“
Thomas Drake. (Photo: Pam Rutter / Flickr) In a January interview with Michael Hastings of Rolling Stone, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange expressed concern that the First Amendment, …