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  • The year we came to our senses

    The year we came to our senses

    May 14, 2009

    For a while it seemed like Americans might not be ready to face the future — a future that demands that this nation’s promise of equality be made real for all of our people. State after...

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  • Confronting Big Oil

    Confronting Big Oil

    May 14, 2009

    President Obama is taking on the oil and gas industry. He intends to save taxpayers $30 billion over the next 10 years by ending tax loopholes Big Oil has been enjoying on our dime. Former President...

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  • Stress, inadequate mental health care cause of US troop deaths

    Stress, inadequate mental health care cause of US troop deaths

    May 14, 2009

    The anti-war movement is speaking out against the death of five American GIs in Iraq allegedly shot by U.S. Army Sgt. John M. Russell May 12 at a clinic for troubled soldiers at Camp Liberty west...

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  • Top three really bring it on American Idol

    Top three really bring it on American Idol

    May 14, 2009

    Last night on “American Idol” Kris Allen, Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey, the final three Season Eight contestants really stepped up their game, making it one of the toughest nights for voters nationwide to decide who...

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  • Recession hits Social Security and Medicare

    Recession hits Social Security and Medicare

    May 14, 2009

    The recession has taken a big bite out of Medicare and Social Security, according to the latest reports from the trustees of both of those programs released this week. In both cases, rising unemployment, now at...

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