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People First … and Dogs, Too: A Case Study of Throwing Money and High Technology at a Military Problem
US Army Spc. Kory Wiels and his military working canine Cooper take a break after searching a house for weapons and homemade explosives in Arab Jabour, southern Baghdad, Iraq, …
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Young and Homeless: From the Streets to College (Part II)
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was produced with support from a New America Media reporting fellowship on children in poverty in California, and is part two of a three part …
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House GOP Goes After Tax Overpayments to Low-Income Families, Lets Tax-Dodging Corporations Off the Hook
In a hearing this morning, the House Ways and Means Committee examined "improper payments" made in the Earned Income Tax Credit program, which distributed $64 billion in refundable tax …
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Confronting the System Through Taxation
IRS 1040 forms at a post office, April 14, 2011. (Photo: Steven Depolo) Each year, unknown thousands of law-abiding American citizens refuse to pay taxes, driven by …
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What’s Left of the Ryan Plan?
Jennifer Steinhauer in the Times reports that some Republicans are running away from the Ryan Plan (you know, the one that changes Medicare from a health insurance plan to …
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Israel and the Palestinians Through the Looking Glass
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 20, 2011. After a lengthy meeting with Netanyahu on …
Propaganda for “Justice”: Flattering the State on Libya and Bin Laden
On April 11, The New York Times uncritically repeated the Obama administration's claims that the intervention in Libya was his first "humanitarian war." With efforts to remove Qaddafi having …
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The Tea Party Is Yesterday’s News
Washington - When Richard Nixon won his 49-state landslide over George McGovern in 1972, Pauline Kael, the legendary New Yorker film critic, was moved to observe: “I live in …
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It’s Time to Retire the Roth IRA Fiscal Frankenstein
The day after Congress passed health care, an opponent called it "a fiscal Frankenstein." In fact those are fitting words for Roth Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). Roths are great …
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Latin America Progresses Forward – a Victory for Gay Rights
The Brazilian Supreme Court's recognition of same-sex unions in early May marks the latest victory for gay rights in Latin America. The Court's ruling grants equal legal rights to …