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Seven Female Missouri House Members Say They Were Kept Out of Contraception Debate
President Barack Obama, joined by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, speaks during a news conference at the White House in Washington, Feb. 10, 2012. (Photo: Stephen …
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Over the Top With Rick Santorum
Surely Rick Santorum is the most fanatical Christian to run for the Republican nomination in the modern era, maybe any era. Next to him, Pat Robertson, billionaire founder of …
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New York Court Affirms Towns’ Powers to Ban Fracking
In a decision that could set a national precedent for how local governments can regulate gas drilling, a New York state court yesterday ruled for the first time that …
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On the President as Alien
Washington - They say that President Obama is a Muslim, but if he isn't, he's a secularist who is waging war on religion. On some days he's a Nazi, …
Gulf War III Isn’t an Option
Washington - We've heard this quickening drumbeat before. Last time, it led to the tragic invasion and occupation of Iraq. This time, if we let the drummers provoke us …
Immigrant Steel Workers March Against Unjust Firings
Pacific Steel workers march through Berkeley. (Photo: David Bacon) Berkeley, California - Two hundred immigrant workers, their wives, husbands, children and hundreds of supporters marched through downtown …
Your Presidential Candidates on Drugs
Part One: Mitt Romney Part Two: Newt Gingrich Part Three: Ron Paul
Your Presidential Candidates on Drugs, Part One: Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney speaking to supporters at a grassroots early voting rally in Mesa, Arizona, February 13, 2012. (Photo: Gage Skidmore)
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The Emperor’s Messenger Has No Clothes: Belén Fernández Dresses Down Thomas Friedman
(Image: Verso) What's scary about Thomas Friedman is not his journalism, with its underinflated insights and twisted metaphors. Annoying as his second-rate thinking and third-rate writing may …
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Blaming Decline in Family Values for Soaring Inequality
Sonya Robison, who is facing a foreclosure suit, holds her son Sean-Charles, 1, while daughters Christina Kay, 3, right, and Sophia, 2, play in their bedroom, in Yoder, Colo., …