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Is Obama Toast? Handicapping the 2012 Election
Americans are usually forgiving when they vote a man into the White House and he wants a second term. Of the last eight elected presidents, all but two — …
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Movement Brewing to Divest Money From Big Banks
Jenny Do started a pro bono foreclosure clinic at her law firm in 2009 after she noticed that many of her clients filing workers’ compensation claims were also facing …
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The Way Forward for Occupy Portland
In Portland, Oregon, all the promise and pitfalls of the Occupy Movement are on public display. Portland is second only to New York when it comes to sustained Occupy …
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Greek Leaders Reach Deal to Form a New Government
Athens — Greeks awaited word on Monday on the formation of a unity government under a new leader after Prime Minister George A. Papandreou and his chief rival agreed …
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Is Capitalism Losing the Debate?
A remarkable shift in mass public opinion is occurring right before our eyes. It does not happen often. Normally, only when there is a severe breakdown in public confidence …
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For Markets in Europe, the Focus of Fear Moves to Italy
European efforts to solve a growing sovereign debt crisis have failed to quell market unease on the Continent, and the skepticism over Greece points to continued volatility this week.
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The Politics of the Heavenly and Unheavenly
Washington - We have embarked on yet another presidential campaign in which religion will play an important role without any agreement over what the ground rules for that engagement …
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Leaders in Greece Agree to Form a New Government
Athens - After crisis talks on Sunday night, Prime Minister George Papandreou and his main rival agreed to create a new unity government in Greece that will not be …
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Malawi: No Social Safety Nets for the Poor
Blantyre- In Mbedza village, a remote rural community in southern Malawi, Fedson Feston beams an infant’s awkward smile and swings his tiny arms up towards the face of his …
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Debate on Fracking: Was Syracuse Right to Ban the Controversial Natural Gas Drilling Process?
Amy Goodman: We are broadcasting from Syracuse, which recently became the third city in New York state to ban the natural gas drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, or …