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Robert Reich | The President Ignored the Elephant in the Room
The President’s new emphasis on the importance of investing in education, infrastructure, and basic research in order to build the nation’s long-term competitive capacities is appropriate. For the last …
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Dredging Up an Old Issue: An Analysis of the Long-Standing Dispute Between Costa Rica and Nicaragua Over the San Juan River
As mounting tensions continue to smolder on the Korean Peninsula, another border dispute has been heating up in Central America, pitting Nicaragua against Costa Rica. Though it lacks the …
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US Continues to Back Egyptian Dictatorship in the Face of Pro-Democracy Uprising
Washington's continued support for the Egyptian dictatorship in the face of massive pro-democracy protests is yet another sign that both Congress and the Obama administration remain out of touch …
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Medicine: Private or Social Good?
Editor's Note: The following is from an essay that Andrew Saal, chief medical officer of North Country HealthCare, presented at a nonpartisan health policy forum. North Country is a …
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Arizona Lawmakers to Introduce “Anchor Baby” Bill
Arizona lawmakers are expected to introduce an “anchor baby” bill today that would deny birthright citizenship to the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants. Modeled after birthright citizenship legislation unveiled …
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State of the Union: The War on Demand and the Sputnik Moment
President Barack Obama’s call for a five-year freeze in non-security, discretionary spending during his State of the Union address is exactly what should not be done, for the economy …
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Covering The Assault On Working People
A common theme runs through a variety of news stories: there isn’t enough money around, and so working people must take a hit. But is that really the only …
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When Manners Get You Nowhere: 30 Weeks of Protesting Torture in 2010
Two years ago, if someone had suggested to me that I don an orange jumpsuit and a black hood and haul a cross down the street in opposition to …
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Cow Most Sacred: Why Military Spending Remains Untouchable
U.S. military outlays today equal that of every other nation on the planet combined.
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Ellen Dannin | Enforcing Labor Rights
For years, critics have claimed that the National Labor Relations Act and the National Labor Relations Board are, at best, ineffective and, at worst, an enemy of labor. Union …