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State of the Union: “The Defining Issue of Our Time” and the Definition We Needed
We were hoping to get from President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night a bold, galvanizing vision of how the economy could be made to work once …
Blowing the Whistle on Big Pharma
(Photo: Cape Town Craig) Kathleen Sharp: It was a combination of mistakes and toothless power. This blood booster was approved during the biotech rush of the 1980s, …
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Gingrich
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Read These Facts Ahead of the State of the Union Address
Tonight, President Barack Obama will deliver his third State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. The Republican response will be given by Indiana Gov. Mitch …
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Winners and Losers in America’s Wars
The twenty-first century hasn’t exactly been America’s greatest moment. Still, there remain winners, along with all the losers you might care to mention. If, in fact, you were to …
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Occupy Protesters Build Igloos in Switzerland to Protest Economic Summit
The eviction of Occupy Wall Street from Zuccotti Park in November left protesters without the physical birthplace of the movement around which to rally, and put something of a …
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Endless War
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Blacks Face Bias in Bankruptcy, Study Suggests
Blacks are about twice as likely as whites to wind up in the more onerous and costly form of consumer bankruptcy as they try to dig out from their …
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Mandate Transparency on the Anniversary
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. (Photo: Josh Haner / The New York Times) If you're not a campaign finance wonk, …
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Afghanistan’s Soldiers Step Up Killings of Allied Forces
Kabul - American and other coalition forces here are being killed in increasing numbers by the very Afghan soldiers they fight alongside and train, in attacks motivated by deep-seated …