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The “Currency Wars”: What’s Next for the BRICs and Other Rising Powers?
Today’s “currency wars” stand at the intersection of many critical issues. These include the ability of developing countries to deploy capital controls, the role of the US as global …

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Dental Care Crisis Draws Thousands to Free Medical Clinic (2)
Oakland, Calif. - Her dark blue hoodie pulled over her head, and wearing many layers of clothing, 25-year-old Justice (who would give only her first name) stood shivering in …

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Students and Faculty Occupy a Building in Protest at California State University East Bay (2)
(Photos: David Bacon) Hayward, CA - Students and faculty at California State University, East Bay, marched to the administration building on the campus and then occupied the …

Waukesha, WI Follies: 97.63 Percent Turnout in 2004? 20,000 More Votes Than “Ballots Cast” in 2006?
Waukesha County, Wisconsin's County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus was already known, for some time, to be among the nation's worst elections official. And that's saying quite a bit. But new …

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Cost-Cutting at the Environment’s Peril
(Photo: Angela Sevin / Flickr) In Washington, the environment is under attack. The cost-cutting deal that the House passed yesterday stripped the Environmental Protection Agency of $1.6 …

President Obama’s Real Proposal (and Why It’s Risky)
(Photo: Pete Souza / White House) Paul Ryan says his budget plan will cut $4.4 trillion over ten years. The President says his new plan will cut …

Lobbying Report: Drones Fly Through Congress to Enter US Skies
Reaper drone. (Photo: US Air Force) Within weeks and possibly days, President Obama is likely to sign into law a bill that will bring unmanned aerial vehicles …

Budget Deals Deep Cuts to Obama Administration’s Transparency Sites
Though the budget deal struck by lawmakers over the weekend averted a shutdown of the federal government, it still has open-government advocates worried about a shutdown of another sort: …

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What I Wish Jill Biden Would Talk About With Respect to America’s Community Colleges
(Photo: John Orrell / Flickr) "Our community colleges can serve as 21st-century job training centers, working with local businesses to help workers learn the skills to fill …

Quake’s Aftermath Weighs Heavily on Women
Yuka Kobayashi, 14, stands in front of what's left of her home in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture, Japan, March 31, 2011. Tokyo - Since the horrific Mar. 11 …