U.S.
GOP aims to suppress Latino vote
October 21, 2010A recent GOP ad urged Latinos to stay home rather than vote, but it may actually provoke a backlash and motivate Latinos to vote.
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Diane Ravitch: public education in danger
October 21, 2010In decades past, education critics mainly wanted to make public schools better, but now, says educator and author Diane Ravitch, the question is, "Will public education survive"
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Big biz dollars bankroll tea party racism
October 21, 2010A report released by the NAACP documents tea party groups giving "platforms to anti-Semites, racists and bigots" and cites efforts within the tea party to recruit members for white nationalist organizations.
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“Post-partisan” energy plan: who’s going to profit?
October 21, 2010The right-wing American Enterprise Institute and two centrist-liberal groups have announced a "post-partisan" clean energy plan - is this for real?
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Bean soup, tacos, firing up the vote
October 21, 2010SAN ANTONIO - More than 500 people joined Linda Bocanegra, owner of the Arizona Café, for free bean soup, tacos and some get-out-the-vote energy in this city's Southwest side.
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