politics
Pressure mounts against GOP-led shutdown
October 11, 2013Workers, their unions and lawmakers joined hands Oct. 10 outside the Capitol to demand that Republican House Speaker John Boehner allow a vote on legislation to open the government and raise the debt ceiling.
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Texas braces for stormy elections
October 8, 2013Supporters of State Senator Wendy Davis ad been hoping she'd run for governor since she took national headlines with her stirring last-minute filibuster of an anti-women bill in the last state legislature.
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Is right-wing extremism the new norm?
October 8, 2013You've probably seen or heard of protests against the affordable health care act, against raising the minimum wage, against marriage equality, and more than anything against stronger gun laws.
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GOP strategy: Tune out, turn off, drop out
September 25, 2013The antics of GOP Senator Ted Cruz are only the latest example of an effort to pull the political discourse further to the right.
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Sandinistas, de Blasio, and American democracy
September 25, 2013Two of the candidates running for mayor of New York have become alarmed about the worldview of Bill de Blasio.
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