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In the fall of 2001, inspectors with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission were so concerned about possible corrosion at Ohio's Davis Besse Nuclear Power Station that they prepared an emergency …

President Obama announced the outlines of his deficit plan, leaving a lot up for negotiation. He planted his poll at the center right and where he ends up, with …

As ThinkProgress has been reporting, while Main Street Americans are having their services gutted and public investment is being slashed, some of the country's most profitable corporations are getting …

It is too early to know whether the current wave of school reforms will lead to lasting improvements in student achievement. But it is not too early to note …

Protesters in Madison, Wisconsin, March 5, 2011. (Photo: ra_hurd) Whether they're accurate is another question entirely ... The sturm and drang over those votes - …

In his 2010 book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, environmental scholar and activist Bill McKibben writes of a planet so devastated by global warming that …

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). (Photo: SEIU International) Since my initial request to visit Private First Class (Pfc.) Bradley Manning on February 4, 2011, the Department of Defense …

Gates Rubber Factory, Denver, Colorado. (Photo: zenobia_joy) At a time when working people are fighting defensive battles to preserve essential services at the state and national levels, …

Republicans and President Obama have been hailing last week’s shutdown-averting government funding deal as the “largest spending cut in history,” but as details about the package emerged, analysts realized …

Some people say it doesn't really matter how much companies pay their executives, at least as far as the shareholders are concerned. Whether investors prosper depends on the executives' …