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Unprecedented Food Stamp Cuts Highlight Difficult Tradeoffs
Under growing pressure to prevent a pair of domestic spending bills from increasing the national budget deficit, Congress plans to offset new spending with unprecedented cuts to future food …
This Math Class May Figure Out Israel
Al Zahara, Central Gaza Strip - In a bright and spacious classroom, with plants overflowing in the courtyard outside, six students lean forward at their desks looking at the …
Charles And David Koch Exposed For Insidious Role In Crafting The Modern Right
This morning, the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer published an explosive investigative piece detailing the role of the Koch family in orchestrating not only the Tea Party movement, but much …
State Department Details Blackwater Violations of US Laws
Washington - The company formerly known as Blackwater violated U.S. export control laws nearly 300 times, ranging from attempts to do business in Sudan while that country was under …
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Government Funding of Stem-Cell Research
A federal judge in Washington issued a temporary injunction Monday blocking implementation of Obama administration guidelines expanding the range of embryonic stem-cell research.
State Department Says Blackwater Broke Laws, but Company Not Barred From Receiving Government Contracts
The company formerly known as Blackwater violated U.S. export control laws nearly 300 times, ranging from attempts to do business in Sudan while that country was under U.S. sanctions …
Army Anti-Discrimination Officials Pressured Soldiers Not to File Discrimination Complaints
At least two of the soldiers who allege they were punished for not attending an evangelical Christian concert in May say that the Army's equal opportunity program is fundamentally …
Let Them Eat Cat Food
President Obama’s Deficit Commission is all smoke and mirrors. Its members are making a big show of laboring over ”painful” choices and considering all options in their quest to …
Jim Hightower | Shut Up and Eat Your Sugar
OK, children, homework time. Let's see if we can handle this little lesson in logic. One, America has a rather huge child obesity problem. Two, major food corporations constantly …
Chile Miners Have Country Rallying Around Hope of Rescue
Up and down the capital of Santiago, drivers honked their horns as news emerged that the 33 trapped Chile miners remain alive. Helping the miners persevere mentally may now …