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Budget Deals Deep Cuts to Obama Administration’s Transparency Sites
Though the budget deal struck by lawmakers over the weekend averted a shutdown of the federal government, it still has open-government advocates worried about a shutdown of another sort: …
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What I Wish Jill Biden Would Talk About With Respect to America’s Community Colleges
(Photo: John Orrell / Flickr) "Our community colleges can serve as 21st-century job training centers, working with local businesses to help workers learn the skills to fill …
Quake’s Aftermath Weighs Heavily on Women
Yuka Kobayashi, 14, stands in front of what's left of her home in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture, Japan, March 31, 2011. Tokyo - Since the horrific Mar. 11 …
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House Approves Ryan Plan, GOP’s Budget Blueprint
Washington - The House of Representatives, on a largely party line vote, Friday approved a Republican vision of America's future that would change how seniors and lower income people …
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Blast Kills 9 at Afghan Base, Including 5 From NATO
Kabul, Afghanistan - For the second time in as many days, a suicide bomber used an Afghan National Security uniform to elude early detection and approach his target, killing …
Opposition to Paying for Capitalism’s Crime: A Global Movement (Video)
Budget Battles: Sound, Fury and Fakery
(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Nilton Kodama / Flickr) Weeks of highly publicized debates - some in Congress, more in the mass media - brought Republicans …
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Republican Budget So Loony Even the Nuts Think It’s Nuts!
The Republican budget is so loony it's even scaring the right-wing nuts! How often does that happen? The Republicans are voting on their budget plan this week. …
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Obama’s Wrongheaded Stance on Nuclear Power – After Japan Disaster
President Barack Obama, in the Rose Garden at the White House, prepares to speak at a press conference about the disasters in Japan, March 17, 2011. (Doug Mills / …
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UnPATRIOTic: Why Our Government Won’t Protect Our Rights – and What We Can Do About It
(Photo: Mecki Mac / Flickr) This spring, as he did last year amid conspicuously little fanfare, President Obama stands ready to sign into law a bill reauthorizing …