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US May Back Refinance Plan for Mortgages
The Obama administration is considering further actions to strengthen the housing market, but the bar is high: plans must help a broad swath of homeowners, stimulate the economy and …
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From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Japan Set to Declare Wide Area Uninhabitable Due to Radiation
The worst nuclear disaster to strike Japan since a single bomb fell over Nagasaki in 1945 occurred in the spring of 2011 at the Fukushima nuclear power plant following …
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A Platform for Retrieving the American Dream: The Pursuit of Happiness
The platform was written for the New York Socialist Party in consultation with two other activist women. One, Gretchen Van Dyck, is 23 years old and another is in …
The One Billion-Dollar Question: Who Are the Libyan Rebels?
Libyan rebels have consolidated their grip on the capital of Tripoli by capturing Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s main compound, but the whereabouts of the Libyan leader remain unknown, and he …
The UN Vote and a Viable Two-State Vision
In his May 19, 2011 speech on the Middle East, President Obama made an oblique reference to the Palestinian plan to seek full membership in the United Nations. He …
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Republican Candidates: Pawlenty Is Out, but Nonsense Continues
Tim Pawlenty mans the grill at the Iowa Pork Producers tent at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, August 12, 2011. (Photo: Max Whittaker for The New …
With CIA Help, New York Police Secretly Monitored Mosques, Muslim Communities Post 9/11 (Video)
A new investigation by the Associated Press reveals how, after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the New York City Police Department decided it could no longer trust other …
Women Prisoners Play the Liberation Role
Baabda Women's Prison, Lebanon - To a soundtrack of almost constant pounding of fists against iron doors, drama therapist Zeina Daccache is trying to capture the attention of a …
With CIA Help, New York Police Secretly Monitored Mosques, Muslim Communities Post-9/11
A new investigation by the Associated Press reveals how, after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the New York City Police Department decided it could no longer trust other …
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Waffling AARP: Medicare, Social Security at Risk
Over the past two months, AARP has been all over the map on cuts to Social Security and Medicare. For the 37 million members of AARP, including the more …