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A Ladydrawers History of Women’s Rights: Part II
Ladydrawers continues to explore the history (and future!) of women's rights in the US.
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The Economic Challenge Ahead: More Jobs and Growth, Not Deficit Reduction
Robert Reich explains that while the deficit will always be there, it is job growth that will take this country out of the black.
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Chuck Hagel and the American Empire
Will Chuck Hagel essentially be a cipher as Defense Secretary?
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The Trouble With Roe v. Wade: It Didn’t Go Far Enough
Laura Flanders: Roe was decided on the grounds of privacy, the Congress has never legislated women's equality.
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Automatic Congressional Allegiance
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The Myth of Living Beyond Our Means
The truth is most Americans have not been living beyond their means.
Seventy Years of Nuclear Fission, Thousands of Centuries of Nuclear Waste
Without a way to safely store existing nuclear waste, a responsible government cannot continue to permit the manufacture of more.
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We Must Stop the Tyrannical Minority
The majority of us have to do something before the billionaires take over completely.
Larry Cohen on Eliminating Silent Filibusters
Larry Cohen, president of the Communications Workers of America, joins Bill to make the case for eliminating the Senateu2019s u201csilent filibusteru201d.
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In Reversal, House GOP Agrees to Lift Debt Limit
House Republicans said Friday that they would agree to lift the federal governmentu2019s statutory borrowing limit for three months.