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Pennsylvania DA Won’t Prosecute Animal Cruelty Case
Pennsylvania is the only state to permit live pigeon shoots. A Pennsylvania district attorney accepted campaign funds from an organization that promotes killing live pigeons in contests, and then …

A History of Haitian Women’s Political Involvement (International Women’s Day, Part II)
“We remember, we advance,” read the marble plaque to the employees of the women's ministry who were killed in the Haiti's January 12 earthquake. Surrounding the plaque on the …

Harry Bridges: Working-Class Hero
He died 20 years ago this month, but I can still see him, a tall, wiry, gray-haired, hawk-nosed man. I can hear him. I see him pacing restlessly back …

The Social Networking Job
According to a recent ad posted on the Internet, the college student recipient of Pizza Hut's summer “Twinternship” would be charged with "attending advertising shoots, product meetings and other …

Harry Bridges: Working-Class Hero (2)
He died 20 years ago this month, but I can still see him, a tall, wiry, gray-haired, hawk-nosed man. I can hear him. I see him pacing restlessly back …

Israel Won’t Change Unless the Status Quo Has a Downside
Uncomfortable at the spectacle of the Obama administration in an open confrontation with the Israeli government, Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman — who represents the interests of Prime Minister Benjamin …

Netanyahu: Non-Negotiator or Pragmatist?
As President Obama prepares for his meeting today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a look at Netanyahu's track record on Jerusalem leaves one wondering whether Obama is dealing …

OMB Puts Its Thumb on the Scale Against the Environment
The Office of Management and Budget is proposing to skew the formula used to weigh pending government regulations, reducing the value assigned to potential benefits

Obama Signs Health Care Overhaul Into Law
Following a year of fierce partisan debate that deeply divided Republicans and Democrats, President Barack Obama signed a $940 billion health care bill into law Tuesday that will extend …

Google Departs China: The View From Beijing
Beijing, China - Google has finally made its move, shifting searches from China to Hong Kong more than two months after threatening to quit China over hacking and censorship. …