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Connie Schultz | You Never Will Be That Cover Girl
Any American who cares about women should know about Jessica Coen and wish her a long and fruitful life. She is fighting for our girls, one magazine cover at …
On Still Not Owning a Credit Card
Soaring interest rates, loopholes and lame excuses: even after the CARD act, credit cards are risky. Sunday marked the final phase of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure …
Froma Harrop | Democrats Made Their Own Lumpy Bed
“Worried Democrats courting elderly voters as midterm elections near,” reads a headline in The Washington Post. It's long been clear that if Democrats had been less afraid, they'd have …
Tea Party, Palin Put GOP Establishment on the Ropes in Florida, Alaska
Insurgents appeared headed for victory in two key political contests in stunning demonstrations of strength from the anti-establishment tea party movement and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Rick Scott, …
Ruth Marcus | Boehner’s Bumper-Sticker Politics
Washington - There are times when I flirt with the notion that the country would be better off with divided government. If Republicans took control, say, of the House, …
Remittances, Migration and Other Panaceas: The End of Outward-Looking Development Strategies
In a 1965 essay, the great development economist Albert Hirschman bemoaned the tendency of those in his profession to look for the next panacea. Unfortunately, various panaceas have come …
US Submits Historic Human Rights Report to UN, but Seriously Disappoints
This week, for the first time, the United States submitted a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council, a rotating body of countries that peer-review U.N. member countries’ human …
Rachel Maddow | New Law Protects Americans From Credit Card Predators (Video)
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News in Brief: Al-Shabab Launch Attack in Somalia, and More
Somalia: Al-Shabab Attacks, Kills at Least 32
Cutting Through the Media’s Bogus Bomb-Iran Debate
Cutting Through the Media's Bogus Bomb-Iran Debate America's march to a disastrous war in Iraq began in the media, where an unprovoked U.S. invasion of an Arab country …