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After Biden, the Economic Debate Takes Shape
Sen. Joe Biden shows that he gets what's going on in America, not with stats, but around middle-class kitchen tables.
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Martin Luther King: 'I Have a Dream'
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
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+
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+
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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Democrats: Don't Make Afghanistan Your War
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
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
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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Manufactured Famine: How Europe Is Snatching Food from the World's Poor
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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?
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
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
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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The Candidates Need More Than a Patchwork Approach to Health Care
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
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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