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The Stunning Victory That Occupy Wall Street Has Already Achieved
Occupy Wall Street has already achieved a stunning victory – a victory that is easy to overlook, but impossible to overstate. In just one month, the protesters have shifted …
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Wall Street is Still Out of Control, and Why Obama Should Call for Glass-Steagall and a Breakup of Big Banks
Next week President Obama travels to Wall Street where he’ll demand – in light of the Street’s continuing antics since the bailout, as well as its role in watering-down …
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NC Judge Rejects Ultrasound Requirement in State’s Abortion Law
Raleigh, N.C. - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the most controversial part of North Carolina's abortion-restriction law, which goes into effect Wednesday: the requirement that patients be presented …
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CBO: Income Of The Top 1 Percent Exploded Over The Last Three Decades
The Congressional Budget Office today released a new report on the growth in income that’s occurred in the U.S. over the last three decades. CBO found that, “for the …
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People Power Winning In Ohio: Anti-Worker Law Repeal Favored
The conservative campaign against worker rights is losing in Ohio, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Support for the repeal of SB 5, the law …
Romney, In His Own Words: “The People Who Need the Help Most Are Not the Poor“
If you were waiting for an economic plan from presidential candidate Mitt Romney that helps the poor, you might be waiting for a while. Stumping in Iowa …
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Congressional Black Caucus Targets State Voter Laws as Hostile
Washington - Minority voters have long had problems simply exercising their right to vote in certain parts of the country — and minority lawmakers fear the situation will become …
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I Woke Up One Morning and the War Was Over
America’s war in Iraq is over. The last U.S. troops will leave by year’s end, “with their heads held high, proud of their success and knowing that the American …
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Citizens of Nowhere
Washington - When Mona Kareem, a member of the Bidoun population of Kuwait, was 11 years old, a neighbour Kuwaiti woman asked her where she was from. When Kareem …
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Climate Change Just Got Hotter
Washington - For the clueless or cynical diehards who deny global warming, it's getting awfully cold out there. The latest icy blast of reality comes from an …