Specter Defects to Democrats
Seventy-nine years old and in the Senate for five terms, Arlen Specter has decided to take the plunge and make it official: after...
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World Unnerved by Spread of Swine Flu
The world watched warily on April 27, as cases of swine flu that first emerged in Mexico in recent weeks in near-epidemic proportions...
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“Mexico as the ‘Pier,’ Arizona as the ‘Docks’”
“Mexico as the ‘pier,’ Arizona as the ‘docks’ ” — meaning that Mexico serves as the initial port of entry while Arizona supplies...
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Homeland Security: Everyone’s a Threat
Feeling the heat from veterans groups, pro-life organizations, conservatives, and even Democratic members of Congress, President Barack Obama’s Secretary for Homeland Security Janet...
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The Pro-War, Pro-Torture “Conservatives”
A conservative movement led by Republican politicians whose only vision for the future includes more war and torture will never regain popular support...
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Americans Rally Nationwide to End the Fed
“End the Fed” rallies were staged across the nation in more than two dozen cities April 25. Attendees protested in front of every...
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Stop Inflation: Participate in “End the Fed”!
The hundreds of thousands of Americans who attended Tax Day Tea Parties on April 15 may now be asking themselves, "What's next?" After...
Read moreTrauma of School Strip Searches
The Supreme Court on April 21 heard arguments in a school strip-search case, Safford School District v. Redding. Savana Redding was 13 years...
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The Debate Over the Climate Bill
During the second day of four days of scheduled hearings held by the House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 22, Obama administration...
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Obama Celebrates Earth Day in Iowa
Millions of Americans and others observed the 39th annual Earth Day on April 22 and President Barack Obama was no exception. The president...
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Guns Easier to Obtain, Time Mag. Complains
Amid the hand-wringing surrounding the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre in Littleton, Colorado, Time magazine has now weighed in on...
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Torture: Obama Equivocates, Conyers Investigates
President Barack Obama has equivocated once again about the possibilities of torture prosecutions. "For those who carried out some of these operations within...
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Specter of Bank Nationalization Looms
The Obama administration is still thinking bank nationalization. In the latest twist to the saga of troubled American megabanks, the New York Times...
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Earth Day Co-founder’s Dark Past
Founded by environmentalists in the late 1960s and officially initiated by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970, at least one ecologist/activist who lays...
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Homosexual Judge Creates Stir at Miss USA Pageant
They say that no one remembers second place, but this year’s recently concluded Miss USA Pageant may prove that this isn’t always true....
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