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After Biden, the Economic Debate Takes Shape

43 min 13 sec ago
Sen. Joe Biden shows that he gets what's going on in America, not with stats, but around middle-class kitchen tables.
Categories: Politics

Martin Luther King: 'I Have a Dream'

1 hour 43 min ago
Today is the 45th anniversary of MLK's historic speech.
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Debate Continues, but There's Little Doubt Speculators Are Adding to Pain at the Pumps

2 hours 43 min ago
Many economists are saying that oil markets are working as they should, but their arguments are weak.
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U.K. and Australia Fight Breast Cancer with Free Screening for Women 50+

3 hours 43 min ago
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, with one in nine women affected at some stage in their lives.
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U.K. and Australia Fight Breast Cancer with Free Screening for Women 50+

3 hours 43 min ago
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, with one in nine women affected at some stage in their lives.
Categories: Politics

Democrats: Don't Make Afghanistan Your War

3 hours 43 min ago
Biden, Obama, and the Dems are rallying to escalate the war in Afghanistan. But trading one war for another would be catastrophic.
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New Orleans, Three Years Later

3 hours 43 min ago
Despite sunny media reports about post-Katrina rebuilding, the facts on the ground reveal a stark portrait of a city transformed.
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Democrats: Don't Make Afghanistan Your War

3 hours 43 min ago
Biden, Obama, and the Dems are rallying to escalate the war in Afghanistan. But trading one war for another would be catastrophic.
Categories: Politics

Manufactured Famine: How Europe Is Snatching Food from the World's Poor

7 hours 43 min ago
A new wave of food colonialism is taking food from the mouths of the poor.
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Manufactured Famine: How Europe Is Snatching Food from the World's Poor

7 hours 43 min ago
A new wave of food colonialism is taking food from the mouths of the poor.
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What a McCain Victory Could Mean: No Money for Health Care and the End of Our Volunteer Army

12 hours 43 min ago
The price tag for John McCain's war lust would mean virtually every other national priority would be short-changed or neglected.
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Dems Nominate Obama, Unify and Transform the Party

12 hours 43 min ago
A hundred years ago, Dems questioned whether to take a stand against lynching. Today, Obama's nomination completes a long process of transformation.
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What 15,000 Reporters Are Doing at the DNC

12 hours 43 min ago
Drinking, complaining and getting massages are just a few of reporters' preferred convention activities.
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Should Uncle Sam Be Helping CEOs Get Richer?

12 hours 43 min ago
America's overpaid corporate execs have plenty of people to thank for their good fortune, including average American taxpayers.
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The Bikini Car Wash: One Sexist Tradition

12 hours 43 min ago
Bikini car washes, inexplicably sanctioned by many parents, teach girls the best way to turn a buck is by stripping down for men.
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Jim Hightower: If Obama Wins, Who Will Be in His Cabinet -- And Who Should Be?

12 hours 43 min ago
Obama's advisers will be the ones whispering in the president's ear and pulling the levers of executive power.
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A Truck-Sized Loophole: Corporations, Special Interests to Spend $100 Million on Convention Parties

12 hours 43 min ago
The parties' conventions offer plenty of opportunity to skirt the spirit of campaign finance laws without violating them.
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What a McCain Victory Could Mean: No Money for Health Care and the End of Our Volunteer Army

12 hours 43 min ago
The price tag for John McCain's war lust would mean virtually every other national priority would be short-changed or neglected.
Categories: Politics

The Candidates Need More Than a Patchwork Approach to Health Care

12 hours 43 min ago
Though Obama's health plan is far better than McCain's, it still only tinkers around the edges. What we need is a system overhaul.
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The Bikini Car Wash: One Sexist Tradition

12 hours 43 min ago
Bikini car washes, inexplicably sanctioned by many parents, teach girls the best way to turn a buck is by stripping down for men.
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