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Barack Obama
The Obama Pledge on Keeping Your Insurance
While Obama's apology over the ACA has many loosing faith in his plan for universal health care, there are more to these failures than meet the eye.
The Senate Passes ENDA. What’s Next?
The majority of Americans support the law, the Senate passed it, and President Obama will sign the bill u2014 if it ever reaches his desk.
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Bill Ayers Weighs in on Democracy, Selfhood and His “Unrepentant Terrorist” Alter-Ego
Bill Ayers' book demonstrates the potential of memoir to infuse politics with humanity, conflict with compassion, backlash with love. The book paints an intricate and humiliating picture of the …
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Gun Culture In America: Our Slow Motion Collective Mass Suicide
A report cam over the AP wire last night that, if this were any other country in the world, would have been the top news story for days: "Multiple …
Obama Wants to Cut Social Security
Along with most Republicans, many Democrats, and Wall Street, President Obama wants to cut Social Security. Here is what you need to know.
How Europeans Are Opposing Drone and Robot Warfare: An Overview of the Anti-Drone Movement in Europe
So far only three countries are known to have used armed combat drones to carry out attacks: Israel, the US, and the UK. But this could soon change.
Drone Strike Served CIA Revenge, Blocked Pakistan’s Strategy
Even though Obama was determined to phase the out drone war in Pakistan, he was unwilling to reject the CIA's demand for a strike that once again involved the …
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Obama Must Be Called Out, Not Coddled, on Keystone XL Bait-and-Switch
Now is the time to support the efforts of courageous Texas landowners who could stop Keystone XL's southern leg in its tracks.
Drones Have Come Out of the Shadows
New films, reports and media coverage are finally giving the American public a taste of the personal tragedies involved with drone strikes.
Keep US Troops in Afghanistan? Let Congress Vote!
If you agree that Reps. Jim McGovern, Barbara Lee and Walter Jones that any agreement to keep thousands of US troops in Afghanistan indefinitely should be debated and voted …