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New Orleans Dumps FEMA Trailers – and Maybe the People in Them
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered on his promise to shut down the remaining FEMA trailers in the city, though not in the way struggling residents would have hoped. …
Eugene Robinson | Health Care Melodrama
Washington - If the incoming Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is serious about trying to repeal health care reform, there's only one appropriate Democratic response: "Make my …
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Administration Prepares to Defy Efforts to Limit Obama’s Options for Guantanamo
Obama administration officials say they plan to reject Congressional efforts to limit the president's options on Guantanamo, setting the stage for a confrontation between the president and the new …
Breaking the Israel-Palestine Deadlock
While intensively engaged in illegal settlement expansion, the government of Israel is also seeking to deal with two problems: a global campaign of what it perceives as “delegitimation” – …
Breaking the Israel-Palestine Deadlock
While intensively engaged in illegal settlement expansion, the government of Israel is also seeking to deal with two problems: a global campaign of what it perceives as “delegitimation” – …
Massachusetts is Latest State to Target Greenhouse Gases
State thinks it can slash emissions without new programs. So, now Massachusetts has joined the list of states that aren't waiting for Congress to turn this country away from …
Right-Wing Bloggers Use Terror Attack To Launch Another False Attack Against Obama
Conservative bloggers are denouncing President Obama for his statement condemning a terrorist attack against a church in Egypt on New Year's Day. These bloggers are falsely claiming that, in …
Birth of Pakistan’s Islamic Extremism
Editor’s Note: Thanks in part to the iconic status of Ronald Reagan – and the “Charlie Wilson’s War” lionizing of the anti-Soviet jihad in Afghanistan – Americans have little …
Jerry Brown as California Governor, Act 2: Can He Save the State?
Jerry Brown may be mellower and more experienced than when he first served as governor in 1975. Now he faces big challenges given California's more diverse population and flagging …