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Pell grants under fire
December 21, 2011The president's emphasis on education means that free or highly subsidized subsidized higher education should be an explicit part of the domestic policy agenda.
Read moreMind reading machines on the way?
December 21, 2011Based on societal trends and extensive study, technology giant IBM has predicted that in the near future, machines will read minds.
Read moreNew bill would open the way to cleaner ports
December 20, 2011Members of Congress are stepping up the fight to overturn a longstanding roadblock to cleaning up air pollution affecting some 87 million people living near major U.S. ports.
Read moreCorporations pay zero state taxes
December 20, 2011While state budgets, jobs and social programs are taking the worst hits since the Great Depression, the nation's largest corporations are paying little or no state taxes.
Read moreUnions urge House GOP to stop holding workers and the jobless hostage
December 20, 2011The AFL-CIO is urging everyone to call House Speaker John Boehner at 202-225-0600, telling him to stop playing politics with the lives of working families.
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