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Election Countdown 2012: Florida Health Administrators Leave Sick and Disabled Children in Nursing Homes, and More
u201cWhatu2019s the point to callin shots? This cue ainu2019t straight in line Cueballu2019s made of styrofoam And no oneu2019s got the timeu201d u2013Grateful Dead, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo.
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No Papers, No Fear: Undocumented Immigrant Activists Arrested Outside DNC
An immigrants rights campaign is traveling the U.S. by bus to bring awareness to the terror undocumented people live with daily.
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Breaking With Convention: Occupy Chicago Protests GOP in Tampa, Democrats at Home
On September 17, Occupy Wall Street will mark its one year anniversary with a spirit somewhere between celebration, outrage, and the need to reaffirm its own identity and significance. …
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Divided by Immigration Policy
Now, friends, siblings and spouses who for years shared the same precarious status find themselves on opposite sides of a divide, one preparing for lawful work or access to …
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Kill Lists and Giant Triplets: Obama and the Neoliberal Government
Itu2019s been more than two years now, and the tight rope upon which many balanced their hopesu2014for a truly different and transformative model of governanceu2014has lost a good deal …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: At This Year’s DNC, President Obama Offered Choice, Not Change
In today's On the News Segment: President Obama took the stage at the DNC on Thursday night and instead of talking about change - he talked about choice.
Free Trade Lobby Brigade Deployed at DNC
The same kinds of corporations are involved with different configurations and with different names that have the same mission: to hijack the name of free trade to impose all …
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Unhappy Anniversary: Republicans Have Blocked the American Jobs Act for One Year
One year after the failed American Jobs Act was first proposed employment is one of the most important issues in the election.
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Obama’s Gift to Progressives
Obama's acceptance speech offers progressives a gift they can't refuse, not matter how little we trust his promises.
Election Countdown 2012: The Tampa Bay Times Declares Obama’s DNC Speech “Surprisingly Predictable” and More
Both the Republican and Democratic Nation Conventions are over. Election Countdown has reactions from all around the country.