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Florida Poll: Tea Party Movement Could Cost Republicans in 2012
Beware, Florida Republicans: The tea party movement that swept you into office in 2010 could cost you the next election. That's the takeaway message from Republican pollster …
Four Reasons for Hope in the Next Election Cycle – and One Reason Progressives Must Do More to Win
Librarians recommend “The Recall of Scott Walker” during a demonstration in Madison, Wisconsin, on March 12, 2011. (Photo: Sue Peacock) Just a few months ago, conservatives had …
The Military as a Jobs Program: There Are More Efficient Ways to Stimulate an Economy
US soldiers from Green Platoon, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, destroy a building used as an insurgent hideout with high explosives …
The $113 Billion Hole: Ten Things America Gave Up This Year to Pay for the War in Afghanistan
President Obama is expected to announcewithin a week if and how many combat troops he plans to withdraw from the war in Afghanistan. Some of those who will be …
GMOs and Peru: The Debate Comes to a Head
Farmers in Potato Park, Peru, near Cusco, one of the first Peruvian regions to declare themselves “GMO-free zones.” (Photo: iied.org) The use of transgenic or genetically modified …
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“Lockdown High”: The War on Drugs Goes to School
(Image: Verso Books) Chris Steffner strode to the front of the packed audience, shunning the podium to deliver her sermon Oprah-style with a wireless mic transmitting the …
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What Food Crisis? Measuring Global Hunger (2)
Last week, Oxfam launched its new international campaign, GROW, to fight food insecurity. The advocacy organization's campaign materials cite many of the statistics with which the post-food-crisis world has …
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How the West Was Lost
Arizona is burning. Texas, too. New Mexico is next. If you need a grim reminder that an already arid West is burning up and blowing away, here it is. …
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Washington Post Wants Endless War
The Pentagon Washington Post has yet to mention Section 1034 of the Defense Authorization Act of 2012, but you can expect it — if it passes the Senate — …
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Acting as if Future Generations Matter
Of all the questions I am asked as an environmentalist, the hardest to answer is how I keep on going given the odds. Social workers, college students, moms and …