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Dick Meister: The Plight of the Pregnant Worker
Dina Bakst of the Work and Family Legal Center reminds us of an important fact that few people seem to realize - that getting pregnant can cause a woman …

Is $25 Billion Mortgage Settlement Enough?
In partnering with the AG in several states across the country the Obama Administration has brokered a $25 Billion mortgage settlement deal set to relieve distressed homeowners fighting foreclosure …

Occupiers in Conservative Texas City Have Support of Mayor, Some Tea Partiers (2)
Although protesters have been driven from their peaceful occupations of almost every location across the nation, including Wall Street, Los Angeles, UC Davis and Oakland, they have managed to …

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What the Koch Brothers Say Online, but Won’t Say Under Oath
David Koch. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Why will Charles and David Koch produce a video about their position on the Keystone XL oil …

Who Are the Millennials?: Bill Moyers Interview With Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee. (Photo: Moyers & Co.) While Republicans are still fighting the culture wars primary by primary, and caucus by caucus, President Obama is campaigning rather feverishly …

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When Clint Eastwood Mocks You, You’re Officially Screwed
(Photo: Lars Kristian Flem; Edited: LP / Truthout) You know the wheels have come off the GOP wagon when the Republicans feel compelled to accuse Clint Eastwood …

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Manufacturing on Planet Economus
Economist Christina Romer had an op-ed in the NY Times this weekend, Do Manufacturers Need Special Treatment? The question that keep coming back to me is why did she …

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Clint, Rick and the Limits of Pessimism
Washington - What do Rick Santorum and Clint Eastwood have in common? Sorry Rick, you haven't made it yet as an Eastwood-style make-my-day cultural icon. But in different ways, …

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What’s In Your iPhone?
Early last year, during an intimate chat and chew dinner with some Silicon Valley high-tech barons, President Barack Obama posed a question to Steve Jobs, baron of the Apple …

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California’s Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional – Again
Opponents of Proposition 8, a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, react after news of the ban being knocked down in court, outside the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals …