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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 …
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Defining Politics Downward
Washington - Rick Perry should have backed off. Instead, he doubled down, and in a way that was doubly illuminating — about Perry himself and the degraded state of …
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Ruling Military Council Intensifies Media Clampdown in Egypt
The media clampdown in Egypt is worsening. Over the past six weeks, the ruling military council has censored the press, raided news organizations, shut down broadcasts and intimidated journalists. …
Maynelining with Stephen
But despite Mr Rupert Murdoch’s recent curious performance at Britain’s Parliamentary enquiry, that implied the leadership of News Corp may not be suitable country for old men, the ASA …
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Did Obama Engage as US-Iraqi Troop Talks Faltered?
Baghdad - Throughout the summer and autumn, as talks on a continued U.S. military presence in Iraq foundered, President Barack Obama and his point man on Iraq, Vice President …