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Senators Agree on Plan to End Ethanol Tax Credit
Senate negotiators on Thursday announced a final deal that would end a 45-cent-per-gallon tax credit for ethanol. Under the Senate compromise, the ethanol tax credit would go …
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Obama’s Debt Talks Alarm Democrats About Social Security
President Barack Obama looked forward Thursday to a weekend of “hard bargaining” with Republicans over the federal budget deficit — but faced a rebellion from his own Democrats and …
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Gaza and a Liturgy for Justice
Demonstrators on the American boat, “The Audacity of Hope,” (Photo: Nadia Shira Cohen / The New York Times) We passengers on the US Boat to Gaza represent …
Exclusive: Van Jones on What We Can Learn From the Tea Party
Van Jones speaks at the “Save the American Dream” rally in Washington, DC, February 26th 2011. (Photo: markn3tel) In late June, Van Jones - a former "green …
The Market Is Lying: Why We Must Tax Carbon, Not Subsidize It
Addressing carbon emissions that contribute to climate change has become an international challenge. At Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, part of the focus of carbon storage research is on basalts, …
Hartmann and Sirota on American Corporate Exceptionalism
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Default, Downturn, Then Recovery
The Woman’s Bridge, in a fast-growing neighborhood in Buenos Aires. Argentina’s economy is recovering after a default in 2003. (Photo: Horacio Paone for the New York Times) …
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Four Reasons Why Pfc. Bradley Manning Deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Not a Prison Cell
We still don’t know if he did it or not, but if Bradley Manning, the 24-year-old Army private from Oklahoma, actually supplied WikiLeaks with its choicest material — the …
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British PM Orders Two Inquiries Into Murdoch Hacking Scandal
London - British police arrested a former editor of The News of the World tabloid on Friday who had also been a senior aide to Prime Minister David Cameron, …
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Union Workers Replaced With Prison Labor Under Scott Walker’s Collective Bargaining Law
While Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) law dismantling collective bargaining rights has harmed teachers, nurses, and other civil servants, it’s helping a different group in Wisconsinites — inmates. Prisoners …