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Past Trade Agreements Have Cut Jobs, Wages and Democracy
President Barack Obama and President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea, after a joint press conference during the G20 summit in Seoul, South Korea, on November 11, 2010. As Obama …
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Political Advice to Republicans on Medicare
Seniors listen to a presentation at Rigden Farm Senior Living facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. Medicare has the greatest support among the over-65 age group that currently depends on …
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Libya Rebels Want US Recognition to Help Pay Bills
As fellow rebels back in Libya plot fresh attacks against embattled leader Moammar Kadafi, the chief of the Libyan insurgency's American outpost sits in a tiny, borrowed Washington office …
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Activists Converge on Kansas Base, Demand Fair Trial for Manning
Activists marched on Saturday, June 4, to protest the treatment of Pfc. Bradley Manning. (Photo: Bradley Manning Support Network) Activists from across the country converged outside of …
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Steeper Pullout Is Raised as Option for Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s national security team is contemplating troop reductions in Afghanistan that would be steeper than those discussed even a few weeks ago, with some officials arguing …
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Austan Goolsbee to Leave Obama’s Economic Team
For the second time in less than a year, the White House is looking for a new head of the Council of Economic Advisers after Austan Goolsbee said late …
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Five American Soldiers Are Killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD – Five American soldiers were killed Monday in an attack that marked one of the deadliest days in two years for American military in Iraq and underscored the …
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Why Washington Isn’t Doing Squat About Jobs and Wages
Tony Harrington waits in line to talk with potential employers at a job fair, which drew more than 250 people, in Bloomington, Minn., May 2, 2011. (Photo: Craig Lassig …
Selling the Anti-Immigrant Story
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (not to be confused with the media watch group FAIR), recently held its fourth “Hold Their Feet to the Fire” event in Washington, …