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Are Chemicals Making Us Fat?
(Photo: puuikibeach) The global obesity/diabetes epidemic is receiving wide-spread attention like the June 26 article in The Washington Post by David Brown. One-fourth of our national health …
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The Case for Defined Benefits and Retirement Security
(Photo: itspaulkelly) In America, anybody who works for a living should be able to afford to retire. That's why shunting newly hired and/or existing civil …
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Hawk Nation: A Guide to the Catastrophic Debt Ceiling Debate
News reports hold that President Obama scored a political victory by agreeing to put Medicare and Social Security on the chopping block to achieve a "go-big" $4 trillion deficit …
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Reading the World in a Loaf of Bread
What can a humble loaf of bread tell us about the world? The answer is: far more than you might imagine. For one thing, that loaf …
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Cain’s Misplaced Priorities
Washington - It is time to stop giving Herman Cain's unapologetic bigotry a free pass. The man and his poison need to be seen clearly and taken seriously. …
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Juan Cole Sues FBI and CIA for Suspected Files
The American Civil Liberties Union and a University of Michigan professor filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the CIA and FBI that seeks files related to alleged attempts by the …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Cut Off Money for High-Speed Rail, and More
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Nearly $2 Trillion Purloined From US Workers in 2009
(Photo: bredgur) In 2009, stock owners, bankers, brokers, hedge-fund wizards, highly paid corporate executives, corporations, and mid-ranking managers pocketed—as either income, benefits, or perks such as corporate …
Just 18,000 New Jobs in June Leads to Another Rise in Unemployment
Even if job growth were to improve through the rest of 2011, it would not be enough to reduce the unemployment rate. The Labor Department reported that …
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Four Reasons Why Pfc. Bradley Manning Deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Not a Prison Cell
We still don’t know if he did it or not, but if Bradley Manning, the 24-year-old Army private from Oklahoma, actually supplied WikiLeaks with its choicest material — the …