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Lieberman says he’ll filibuster Medicare buy-in
December 14, 2009Democrats in the Senate who thought they had a compromise progressives and "centrists" could both support learned this weekend that independent Sen. Joe Lieberman can be counted on to do just about anything to sabotage health...
Read more‘Fat cat bankers’ summoned to White House
December 14, 2009President Obama met today with the captains of Wall Street, whose names have become kitchen table curse words for millions of Americans facing foreclosures, layoffs and an uncertain future.
Read moreHuman Rights Day in the real world
December 12, 2009Outside, gray skies and a chill wind cast a pall over drab storefronts and modest homes in the economically struggling West Oakland neighborhood.
Read moreMiami lessons: civil rights, recounts and tea-bags
December 11, 2009Before the civil rights movement burst onto the national scene, Bobbi Graff and people like her were leading struggles against lynching and police brutality and for desegregation.
Read moreFt Drum killings: Another legacy of post traumatic stress?
December 11, 2009Early Tuesday morning, December 1st, Jefferson County sheriffs' deputies discovered the bodies of two Ft Drum soldiers, Spec. Waide T James, 20, of Cocoa, FL and Spec. Diego Valbuena, 23, of Port St Lucie, FL.
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