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Fallujah Babies: Birth Defects Blamed on US Weapons
Fallujah, Iraq - While the US military has formally withdrawn from Iraq, doctors and residents of Fallujah are blaming weapons like depleted uranium and white phosphorous used during two …
Unemployment Falls to 8.5 Percent, but Job Growth Remains Weak
The unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent in December, the lowest level since the 8.3 percent rate reported for February of 2009, the month that Congress approved the stimulus …
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Matt Damon and Mother Reject Union’s Award Over Teach for America Controversy
The actor Matt Damon and his mother, a professor of education, on Wednesday turned down the opportunity for an award from the country’s largest teachers union after reading an …
Rebuilding the Pentagon Without Fixing Its Crumbling Foundation: Obama’s Plan for the US Military
(Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) Yesterday, President Obama made a rare trip to the Pentagon pressroom to announce the results of a new …
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Santorum to Mother of Cancer Survivor: Sick to Blame for Pre-Existing Conditions Should Be Charged More
During a town hall in Keene, New Hampshire this morning, Rick Santorum told a mother whose son survived cancer that people with pre-existing conditions should pay more for health …
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On the News with Thom Hartmann: Public Sector Layoffs Nibbling Away at Employment Recovery, and More
Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Haiti: Seven Places Where Earthquake Money Did and Did Not Go
Haiti, a close neighbor of the US with over nine million people, was devastated by earthquake on January 12, 2010. Hundreds of thousands were killed and many more wounded. …
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Why Is Wisconsin Different?
At this writing, as organized signature-gathering groups and thousands of individual collectors press onward, a recall election for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and his hapless lieutenant, Rebecca Kleefisch, now …
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The Decline of the Public Good
Meryl Streep’s eery reincarnation of Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady” brings to mind Thatcher’s most famous quip, “there is no such thing as ‘society.’” None of the dwindling …
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“The Iron Lady”: The Margaret Thatcher Movie We Don’t Need
The Iron Lady just opened in London where, let's hope, it generates some serious critique. The critical silence in the United States has been astounding, only made worse by …