democracy
Detroit bankruptcy: Revenue, not spending, the problem
December 3, 2013The ruling concerns the 23,500 retired city workers collecting pension benefits.
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Senate curbs filibusters in blow against GOP “pirates”
November 22, 2013On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Democrats, fed up with endless Republican obstructionism, voted to end filibusters on nearly all presidential nominees.
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Sudan Communists call for push against Al Bashir
November 22, 2013Grassroots protests against the despotic regime of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al Bashir continue, and the government is feeling its hold slipping.
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Today in history: President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
November 19, 2013One of the best-known speeches in American history, it was delivered by Lincoln in the midst of the Civil War, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the...
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Dem lawmakers: Slow down on Pacific trade bill
November 14, 2013The lawmakers said the two pacts, especially the TPP, cover far more than trade.
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