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After Calling the Auto Rescue “Tragic,” Mitt Romney Now Claims He “Had the Idea First“
Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, speaks to supporter, Jennifer Fung, in North Las Vegas, Nevada, April 1, 2011. (Photo: Ronda Churchill / The New York Times)
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Was Rahm Right?
Rally for Barack Obama in Manchester, NH, September 13, 2008. (Photo: binarydreams) In 2009, then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel infamously said that progressives are “fucking …
What Price the Fukushima Meltdown? Comparing Chernobyl and Fukushima
Steam rises from the Fukushima #3 nuclear reactor, March 19, 2011. (Photo: daveeza) On April 12, 2011 the Japanese government officially announced that the severity of the …
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Young and Homeless: Finding Stability at School (Part I)
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was produced with support from a New America Media fellowship to report on children in poverty in California, and is part one of a three …
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News in Brief: John Edwards Faces Indictment, and More
John Edwards Faces Indictment According to The Associated Press, federal prosecutors have finished a comprehensive investigation into John Edwards' political operation and could indict the former presidential …
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Stop All Military Aid
Israel is now dictating conditions to the United States and upbraiding President Obama for having the nerve to suggest finally following UN Resolution 242, which has long called for …
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Access Journalism: The Movie
It is not true, as a Wall Street Journal reviewer claimed, that the HBO movie version of Andrew Sorkin's book "Too Big to Fail" was "Too Boring to Watch." …
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The Crisis Enters Year Five
Tony Harrington waits in line to talk with potential employers at a job fair, which drew more than 250 people, in Bloomington, Minnesota, May 2, 2011. (Photo: Craig Lassig …
Are 1,500 U.S. Troop Deaths in Afghanistan Enough Reasons to End the War?
With Memorial Day coming up, we should take a moment to consider something that’s gone largely unremarked in the mainstream media: more than 1,500 troops have now died in …
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Are Latin America’s Economies Overheating?
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in spite of all the talk about reform is pushing for fiscal adjustment around the world. The IMF argues overheating in the developing world, …