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Why Do Conservatives Vote Against Their Own Interests?
Michigan Congressman John Conyers, Dean of the Congressional Black Caucus, raised a compelling question in a conversation the other day: “Why do conservatives vote against their own interests?” If …
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Inventories Give Boost to Fourth Quarter Gross Domestic Product
A sharp reversal from the third quarter's decline in inventories added 1.94 percentage points to GDP growth in the fourth quarter, bringing the rate to 2.8 percent. Final demand …
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ALEC Behind Push to Require Climate Denial Instruction in Schools
On January 16, the Los Angeles Times revealed that anti-science bills have been popping up over the past several years in statehouses across the U.S., mandating the teaching of …
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Fighting Back Against Corporate Personhood
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout; Adapted: skyfaller, coffeego 1, 2) Rarely have so few imposed such damage on so many. When five conservative members of the Supreme …
Record Numbers of Incarcerated Mothers Bad News for Women, Children, Communities
Tonya Drake, 35, a mother of four, had no criminal record or history of drug use when she was sentenced to 10 years in prison at the Dublin Federal …
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Fracking Company: EPA Decision to Test Contaminated Wells in Dimock “Undercuts” Obama’s Commitment to Natural Gas
President Obama proclaimed his support for safely expanding gas and oil drilling on public lands this week, and the announcement received an uncomfortable applause from a fracking company ensnarled …
The GOP’s Racial Politics
From the subtle to the sickening, this Republican primary season has seen a normalizing of racist and racially-coded language. It was not so long ago that the chairman of …
Defender of the Capitalist System: Department of Defense Worst in Competitive Contracts
The first production A-10A was delivered to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, in October 1975 and it launched 90 percent of the AGM-65 Maverick missiles. (Photo: awee_19 / flickr) …
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Five Missouri Democrats Discover Crosshairs Outside Their Capitol Offices
Five Democratic State Senators in Missouri discovered large, orange crosshair stickers over their office nameplates on Tuesday in the Capitol Building in Jefferson. The targets included all four Democratic …
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Decision 2012: Who Will Be the Face of the GOP?
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