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Supreme Court Conservatives Press Affirmative Action Supporters to Defend “Racial Preferences“
This past Wednesday the Supreme Court heard arguments on a case involving the use of race as a factor in accepting students at the University of Texas.
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Pesticides Harm Kids Health and Intelligence, Study Finds
Exposure to pesticides may be putting children today at risk for diseases and disorders as cancer, autism, birth defects and asthma.
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Memo to Joe, Re: Debate
A few words of encouragement from Robert Reich to Vice President Joe Bidden on the eve of his debate against Paul Ryan.
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What Everyone Needs to Know Before Watching the VP Debate
Did you know that Romney and Ryan would eliminate health care for 31 million people who are poor or disabled?
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Don’t Ask and Don’t Tell: Six Critical Foreign Policy Questions That Won’t Be Raised in the Presidential Debates
Since the first Presidential debate left the American people more than wanting, here are some real issues that should be addressed by both candidates
Romney’s $2-Trillion Defense Increase Won’t Buy More Defense, Just More Waste
Romney talks about building ships and subs and starting up the cancelled F-22 Raptor fighter line, but fails to explain how his plan would make us safer from the …
Will Blowback From Drone Warfare End Up Killing Americans?
Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse of TomDispatch.com expose this startling and ominous account of drone warfare in
Enterprising Cities: Left, Right and Center
The basic principle at work in municipally owned real estate development is that appreciation of land should be turned to public advantage. In many communities, Community Land Trusts (CLTs) …
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Blood, Oil and “The American Dream“
Something is rotten in the state… -Hamlet In our times, in a media-saturated culture in which well-packaged and comforting lies are explicitly preferred to unsettling truths, those who reveal …
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Pain, and Not Only in Spain
Paul Krugman: Where does austerity fit into this story? Mostly it doesn't.