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All Eyes on Ohio
It seems likely that this election will be decided in the industrial Midwest, Ohio in particular - a region that has bounced back strongly economically.
In UN Speech, Obama Warns Time Runs Short on Iran
But he refused to go further than what he has said in the past, that
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Obama Heads to UN, Skipping Meetings With Foreign Leaders
President Barack Obama will use an address Tuesday at the United Nations to press back against Republican criticism that heu2019s mishandling the U.S. relationship with Israel.
Election Countdown 2012: Eight Tree-Sitters Block Keystone XL Pipeline in Texas, and More
This week in the Election Countdown, eight people scaled 80-feet into trees to block Kthe southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline; A virus transmitted by biting flies has …
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Obama Against the World: Forget Mitt Romney, Can the President Make It to November 7?
So yes, the smartest political odds-givers around believe President Obama has a distinct edge over Mitt Romney coming out of the conventions, the Senate is trending Democratic, and who …
Election Countdown 2012: Anti-Occupy Wall Street Rally Claims Power is Not on Wall Street, but in DC, and More
This week in the Election Countdown, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art has been accused of violating its rental policy by allowing Mitt Romney to hold a campaign …
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Apartheid Never Died in South Africa: It Inspired a World Order Upheld by Force and Illusion
John Pilger discusses how the murder of 34 miners by the South African police reveals the new worldwide apartheid of which South Africa is both an historic and contemporary …
Citizen’s United (A Poem)
If we kidnapped THEIR children They would find us If we put guns In the hands of those young They would tag them “Child soldiers” But here We prefer …
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The Job Crisis, the “Unemployable,” and the Fiscal Cliff
With November around the corner, millions of unemployed Americans are looking to the candidates to address job creation, but it seems that neither side truly has the people's interest …
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