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Will Perry’s Halting Debate Lead to a Faltering Campaign?
Texas Governor Rick Perry. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Orlando, Fla. - Is Rick Perry about to lose his momentum toward the Republican presidential nomination? …
Social Justice Food Is Not Just About Food
(Photo: Walmart Stores / Flickr) Forty years after the publication of Diet for a Small Planet, thousands of farmers’ markets are thriving across the United States, countless …
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Shutdown Closer as Senate Blocks Spending Bill
Washington - An impasse between the House and Senate over a bill to keep the government open after Sept. 30 and provide aid to natural disaster victims deepened Friday …
War Reporter Ed Girardet on Meeting Bin Laden, Chaos and Resistance
Edward Girardet, author of “Killing the Cranes: A Reporter's Journey Through Three Decades of War in Afghanistan.” (Photo: Chelsea Green Publishing) As an award-winning correspondent, Edward Girardet's …
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Lockheed Martin’s CEO Wants Your Social Security Check
The law that created the deficit committee also created a zero-sum game: Any expensive program that escapes the budget knife does so at the expense of cuts to other …
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Population Boost Isn’t Giving Latinos an Edge in State Redistricting Plans
Los Angeles - When the 2010 Census results came in, Latinos seemed poised to exert more political influence in the U.S. than ever before. In the past 10 years, …
GOP to Fed: Let Economy Fail
The headline above is not what GOP congressional leaders actually said today to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, but they might just as well have used that precise …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Fox News Gives Alleged Hate Group a Platform in Republican Debate, and More
In today's On the News segment: Fox so-called News gives a platform to alleged hate group The Federation for American Immigration Reform, Boehner musters up enough support in his …
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Palestinians Formally Request UN Membership
United Nations - Resisting American pressure, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority formally requested full United Nations membership on Friday as a path toward statehood, rejecting arguments by …
Murder Is Good Politics, Bad Justice
Supporters of Troy Davis react after learning the US Supreme Court declined to reconsider his execution in Jackson, Georgia, September 21, 2011. (Photo: Grant Blankenship / The New York …