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Labor reacts to Specters switch to the Democratic Party
April 29, 2009The AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor federation, reacted quickly to the announcement by Pennsylvania’s Republican Senator Arlen Specter that he is switching to the Democratic Party. “Specter’s vote on the Employee Free Choice Act has been...
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Gay couples marry in Iowa, hate crimes protection advances in Congress
April 29, 2009Same-sex couples began applying for marriage licenses across Iowa April 27, after the state’s Supreme Court ruled to legalize gay marriage earlier this month. By the end of the first day the ruling took effect, more...
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Specter haunting the GOP
April 29, 2009A specter is haunting the Republican Party. The specter of marginalization. Pennsylvania's Republican Sen. Arlen Specter triggered political shockwaves by announcing he is switching parties, and will run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary....
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100 days
April 29, 2009As we mark the first 100 days of the Obama presidency, it is still necessary to ask, “Is this real? Is the eight-year Bush nightmare really over?” The response, of course, is, “It’s real, but the...
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Extinct ‘hobbits’ defy placement on the human family tree
April 29, 2009Real scientists unafraid to say, “We don’t know.” The nice thing about scientists, as opposed to right-wing Christian fundamentalists, for example, is the way they react when they don’t have all the answers. The good scientist,...
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