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Vocalo Feature: Inside the Arizona Ethnic Studies Battle (Audio)
Elisa Meza and Mike Ludwig discuss the battle to preserve Mexican American Studies in Tucson public schools and how the ethnic studies debate tends to get misrepresented.
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Court Refuses to Grant Shield Protection to Blogger
(Photo: Garret Voight / Flickr) Bloggers who post messages on Internet forums are not protected by the New Jersey press shield law, which allows journalists to keep …
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Romney Leads, but Mormon Religion Could Become an Issue
Many Americans are uncomfortable with the Mormon religion — yet Mitt Romney, who is Mormon, is the clear front-runner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, according to a new …
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Pawlenty’s Economic Plan Cuts Taxes for Millionaires by 41 Percent
2012 presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty (R) yesterday laid out his economic “plan,” which is based around huge tax cuts that Pawlenty claims will spark a decade of 5 percent …
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Yemeni Opposition Aims to Strip President of Power
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Yemeni opposition leaders and protesters intensified their demands on Wednesday for the creation of a presidential council that would take power from the country’s …
Bill Moyers on His Legendary Journalism Career: “Democracy Should Be a Brake on Unbridled Greed and Power” (2)
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News in Brief: Delta Charges Returning Soldiers for Baggage, and More
Delta Charges Returning Soldiers for Baggage Soldiers returning home from Afghanistan said they had to pay Delta Air Lines $2,800 in out-of-pocket fees to check their extra …
Kazakh Money in Congress?
Rakhat Aliyev, the former son-in-law of Kazakstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev. (Photo: Evstafiev / Wikimedia) It has all the twists of a Hollywood blockbuster: shadowy international figures, a …
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Ask the Right Questions Before Privatizing
Elected officials need to do a better job of asking the right questions before they make a decision that we'll live with for decades. Too often, a …
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After 40 Years, the Complete Pentagon Papers
It may be a first in the annals of government secrecy: Declassifying documents to mark the anniversary of their leak to the press. But that is what will happen …