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GOP Passes “Let Women Die” Bill; Representative Praises Their “Fight for Rights of Women“
Foregoing any interest in getting America back to work, House Republicans continued their campaign against women’s health yesterday by passing the “Protect Life Act.” Known as the “Let Woman …
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Sinking Economy
The Public Option in Banking: Another Look at the German Model
Norddeutsche Landesbank, a public corporation by the federal states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. (Photo: dierk schaefer) Publicly owned banks were instrumental in funding Germany's “economic miracle” …
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Occupy Wall Street Showdown: Triumph and Tense Clashes
“It’s 7 o’clock. Do you know where your cleaners are?” That was the jubilant cry from Occupy Wall Street protestors to the cops surrounding Zuccotti Park early Friday as …
The Death Penalty – Again
Princeton – Three significant events relating to the death penalty occurred in the United States during September. The one that gained the most publicity was the execution in Georgia …
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Obama Says Facts Support Accusation of Iranian Plot
Washington - President Obama vowed on Thursday to push for what he called the “toughest sanctions” against Iran, saying that the United States had strong evidence that Iranian officials …
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Fourteen New York City Councilmen Call on Bloomberg to Let Protesters Stay
Ahead of the Bloomberg administration’s surprise decision this morning to postpone the eviction of Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park (also known as Liberty Plaza), 14 members of …
News to Media: Republicans Have Not Answered Obama’s Call for an Actual Jobs Plan
One week after the President admonished Republicans for lacking a serious alternative to his American Jobs Act, Senate Republicans introduced what they call a “jobs” bill yesterday. ABC News, …
Top Ten Giveaways to Big Oil in Rick Perry’s “Jobs” Plans
Rick Perry. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Today, Rick Perry finally unveiled his much-anticipated “jobs” plan. The 41-page document, however, is less focused on creating jobs than …
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Fact Check: Mayor Menino Falsely Claims Arrested Occupy Boston Members Are “Outsiders” from “Another Country” (2)
On early Tuesday morning, Boston police violently arrested 141 members of Occupy Boston for expanding their peaceable assembly to a new encampment without city authorization. The number of activists …