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News in Brief: Valdez Cleanup Workers Never Studied; Gulf Workers Anxious, and More
Despite widespread reports of illness, the impact of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on the long-term health of cleanup workers was never studied, reports McClatchy. To many observers, including …
Afghan War Lumbers On; Representatives Push for Withdrawal
The United States invaded Afghanistan nine years ago to topple the Taliban and weed out terrorists, but the world's richest military has failed to pacify a network of scrappy …
Summer in Iraq
Afghanistan has been getting all the ink lately, and for good reason. General Stanley McChrystal's act of self-immolation by way of Rolling Stone magazine kicked off a genuine no-bones-about-it …
Living on a Dying Delta
Our first full day in Louisiana finds us venturing south from New Orleans to Houma, a town about an hours drive to the southwest. It is from here we …
G20: Paving the Way for a New Great Depression?
At the G20 summit in Toronto, world leaders agreed to halve deficits in three years. At least one prominent economist says spending, not cuts, is what's needed. Washington - …
Jim Hightower | The GOP’s Genetic Link to Big Oil
If scientists were to compare the DNA of Republican congress-critters and of oil corporations, I'll bet they'd find that they match perfectly. After all, the two species have identical …
Jason Coppola | Seas of Denial
“These are difficult times,” Tiokasin Ghosthorse of the Lakota Nation from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, told me. "These are difficult times, and I consider it a …
The Lottery Nobody Wins: Child Care Subsidies in America 2010
She wants to work. No child care - no work.
Elena Kagan Shows Off Sense of Humor in Confirmation Hearings
Elena Kagan is as guarded as any other Supreme Court nominee about her views on specific cases. But she is winning over senators anyway – by drawing giggles, laughs …
Civil Rights Groups Not as Hot for Kagan as She Is for Marshall
If you've tuned in to Elena Kagan's Senate confirmation hearings, you may have found it odd that the GOP has tried to radicalize Kagan through her work and affinity …