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As Obama Pitches Jobs Bill, Voters Aren’t Pressing Congress
Washington - Since he announced his job-creation plan last week in a nationally televised address at a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama has hit the road, using …
Kabul Attack Continues Taliban Control of War Narrative
Washington - Gen. David Petraeus wrote in his 2006 counterinsurgency manual that the U.S. command headquarters should establish a “narrative” for the counterinsurgency war – a simple storyline that …
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Nurses Take on Wall Street
An open-air soup kitchen staffed by registered nurses in union T-shirts feeding a line of San Franciscan's midday outside a busy federal building is not something you see every …
FBI Seizes Items at Home of Former Top Aide to Governor Walker
Madison, Wisconsin - About a dozen law enforcement officers, including FBI agents, raided the home of a former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday as part of …
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Soaring Poverty Casts Spotlight on “Lost Decade“
Washington - Another 2.6 million people slipped into poverty in the United States last year, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, and the number of Americans living below the official …
Subversive Environmental History
Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm. Cimarron County, Oklahoma, USA, April 1936. (Photo: Arthur Rothstein / Farm Security Administration) In an original …
Obama’s “Jobs Act” Proposal: Why Less Is More of the Same
President Barack Obama holds a copy of the American Jobs Act while announcing he is sending the $447 billion jobs package, his plan to create job growth, to Congress. …
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The Uncertain Future of Pennsylvania’s Dream Act Legislation
Pennsylvania Republican State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Wednesday, January 5, 2011. Metcalfe is attempting to introduce as many as 20 anti-immigration bills, …
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A Decade of Memorials Squandered?
A long time ago, I helped produce for public television an annual year's end interview with New York City Mayor Ed Koch. We always shot it in a private …
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Let’s Get Real on Jobs (3)
You know what's wrong with the American economy, Bucko? You, that's what. Yeah, yeah, it's true that the reckless global gambling schemes of Wall Street bankers are …