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Gay-rights support stops at Cascades
The lopsided results over expansion of the state's domestic-partnership law, which voters overall were approving, ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve -
Illinois data on stimulus-related jobs saved, created don't add up
More than $4.7 million in federal stimulus aid so far has been funneled to schools in North Chicago, and state and ...via Publish2 -
Opponents of same-sex marriage lead Maine vote
Voters in Maine on Tuesday overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing a fresh setback to the U.S. ...Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV -
Gay-Marriage Activists Look Ahead After Big Defeat in Maine
Mainers' 53-47 vote to reject gay marriage does more than simply slap down a law that just six months ago had made ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
Do stimulus jobs last?
Stimulus may have created or saved 640,000 jobs so far, but many of those positions were never intended to last. ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Debates: Executive pay
Debate statement: "This house believes that on the whole, senior executives are worth what they are paid."Posted by Dwight Rousu
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Stimulus for Cotton Candy, Tango and a Fish Orchestra? Wacky, or Actually Worthy?
Breakfast at Fuddruckers: $19.24. Snow cone and cotton candy machine: $146.89. Six extra preview performances of ...via Publish2 -
FCC Fine Print Could Undermine an Open Internet | Save the Internet
(Blog Post) Buried in the fine print of the FCC’s proposed Net Neutrality rules is a potential loophole that if left open ...Posted by Ben Ross -
Naomi Starkman: Tests Find Wide Range of Bisphenol A in Canned Soups, Juice, and More
BPA, which has been used for years in clear plastic bottles and food-can liners, has been restricted in Canada and ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Cut Wall Street Out! How States Can Finance Their Own Economic Recovery
The BND's populist organizers originally conceived of the bank as a credit union-like institution that would free ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
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Faces of a jobless recovery
For Lisa Hall, this is what 10.2 percent unemployment looks like: spending all day at shopping malls going from one ...via Peter Daou -
With tax break, a big carbon footprint
ENVIRONMENTALISTS who are worried about global warming should pay attention to the congressional debate about ...via NewsRack -
Whaddaya Mean Obama Hasn't Done Anything?
A blow-by-blow breakdown of the young president's first year reveals that today's frustration stems not from a lack ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
SPEEA: Boeing's decision to add second line in S.C. bad for everyone
Boeing's decision to add a second line in South Carolina is bad for the company and employees and eventually will ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Our Free Market Makes Economic Collapse Inevitable
The headlines are trumpeting recovery — some are even proclaiming an end to the recession in the United States ...via NewsRack -
Not So Unequal, After All
The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. You've heard it over and over again. Many free-market ...Posted by Dale Penn
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Young Women Need to Protect Themselves
Rape is a big issue in our society because it has occurred for thousands of years. Rape dates back to the early ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Interview with James Galbraith
We need to find another path for economic expansion. We need to set a strategic direction. Our problem now, our ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Jonathan Safran Foer's Controversial New Book, Eating Animals
(Blog Post) Over the next weeks Huffington Post will feature a diverse range of responses to Jonathan Safran Foer's ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
The Great Challenge of Our Time: Re-Creating America's Great Middle Class
we face "hard political tasks. But being pushed further down is harder, still. Because no one knows where the new ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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Illinois data on stimulus-related jobs saved, created don't add up
More than $4.7 million in federal stimulus aid so far has been funneled to schools in North Chicago, and state and ...via Publish2 -
Interracial couple denied marriage license in La.
A white Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of ...Posted by Barry Grossheim -
Opponents of same-sex marriage lead Maine vote
Voters in Maine on Tuesday overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing a fresh setback to the U.S. ...Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV -
Gay-rights support stops at Cascades
The lopsided results over expansion of the state's domestic-partnership law, which voters overall were approving, ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve -
Woman, 97, has a front seat to homelessness
She's 97 years old and homeless. Bessie Mae Berger has her two boys, and that's about all. She and sons Larry ...Posted by Morgan Doherty
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African Children Denounced As "Witches" By Christian Pastors
EKET, Nigeria — The nine-year-old boy lay on a bloodstained hospital sheet crawling with ants, staring blindly at ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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The Insurance Industry's Deceptive Report
(Blog Post) In the hallowed tradition of the tobacco and energy industries, the health insurance industry has commissioned a ...via Memeorandum -
Whaddaya Mean Obama Hasn't Done Anything?
A blow-by-blow breakdown of the young president's first year reveals that today's frustration stems not from a lack ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
Much Worse Than I Expected
(Blog Post) The president gave a speech he could have given at any point in the last three years. No one in that room could ...via Tom Friedman -
Op-Ed Columnist: Impatiently Waiting
President Obama’s quixotic quest for bipartisanship and his administration’s lack of action has caused the ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert
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The Empire Strikes Back
AHIP, the insurance industry trade group, has apparently decided to hop off the healthcare reform bandwagon. After ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Why Obama Must Spend More
The latest signals from the White House suggest that President Obama now realizes he must do more - and quickly - ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Is the Insurance Industry Declaring War?
Over the weekend, America's Health Insurance Plans circulated a study it commissioned from PriceWaterhouseCoopers. ...via Jonathan Cohn
