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Michael Moore: How I Became Anti-War
(Image: Grand Central Publishing) I can’t quite remember when I turned against the idea of war, but I’m sure it had something to do with the fact …
Bill Clinton Is Baaaaaaaaack!
Bill Clinton presided over a period of growth, but his legacy of eased financial restrictions also opened the door for the fiscal crisis. (Photo: Sebastian Derungs / World Economic …
The Pro-Hunger Lobby – GOP Frontrunners Fight Aid for Starving Americans
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, left, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speak during a commercial break in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, on September 22, 2011. (Photo: Chip …
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New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin Sneers at Wall Street Protesters, Estimates Only 80 There
The Occupy Wall Street protests have grown every day since they began two weeks ago. In the past 24 hours, they have expanded to Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and …
Gertrude Stein’s “Missing” Vichy Years
Portrait of Gertrude Stein, New York, November 4, 1934. (Photo: Carl Van Vechten) Gertrude Stein was a complex, iconic, artistic figure: an experimental writer, an intellectual salon …
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Would the Founders Back Health Law?
Today’s American Right is fond of pushing the idea of “originalist” thinking by the Founders to rally opposition to government initiatives that address modern-day problems. The claim is that …
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California School Spending Among Lowest in Nation
Budget shortfalls have pushed California's spending on public schools to a historic low, relative to the rest of the United States, according to a new analysis by the California …
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The Ideal Capital Gains Tax Reform
(Photo: www.seniorliving.org) Warren Buffett recently enraged the right by chastising Congress for “coddling” millionaires and billionaires. In a widely quoted op-ed, he urged lawmakers to "raise rates …
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AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka Backs Occupy Wall Street
Watch the video on CSPAN. Rough transcript: okay. let's take questions from the audience. in the very back there's a question with his hand …
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Overcoming Hateful Threats and Arson, Tennessee Mosque Expansion Breaks Ground Without Controversy
As ThinkProgress documented, the congregants of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro in Murfreesboro, Tennessee had been working for more than a year to gain approval for an expansion of …