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January 23, 2006

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As state after state raise their minimum-wages far beyond the federal level, the struggle for fair wages is shaping up to be a hot election-year issue.
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You wouldn't know it from listening to today's radio, but country music wasn't always the soundtrack to the GOP.
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Broadband internet is the electricity of the 21st century -- and the rest of the world is poised to leave America in the dark.
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Call to Action: The future of a woman's right to have control over her own body hangs in the balance. On the 33rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, here is one thing you can do to keep it alive.
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January 20, 2006

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The Justice Department's response to the warrantless wiretapping scandal reveals the extent of the President's delusions of grandeur.
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A powerful new documentary explores the struggle of seven former prisoners, newly exonerated of horrible crimes.
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Critical of President Bush's reasoning for sending our nation to war? According to his new rhetoric, you're imperiling American soldiers.
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January 19, 2006

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A new Human Rights Watch report documents how America has used torture deliberately as part of its "war on terror."
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Using his wholly fabricated 'Unitary Theory of the Executive,' Bush has decreed his administration to be entirely above the rule of law.
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The corrupt Republicans who took office on a mandate of fighting corruption have launched yet another dirty smear campaign.
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Though many educators bemoan the decline of literacy in America, you can still find plenty of readers in the smaller corners and cracks of society.
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When it comes to random student drug testing, educators and parents should proceed with extreme caution -- it may be doing more harm than good.
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A new right wing-funded 'study' employs comically unsound criteria to rate the media.
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My relatives own clothing factories in Bangladesh, yet I would rather spend my money at American Apparel than support the Wal-Mart business model.
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January 18, 2006

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Shouldn't questions of foreign policy today inspire a Madisonian re-evaluation of the theory of unitary executive?
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Bush was never serious about Afghanistan, and it shows.
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Black students are under fire at America's schools.
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A plan to build one of the largest wind farms in the world -- in eco-activist RFK Jr.'s backyard -- is causing conflict in the environmental community.
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Recruiters should realize it's not military service Americans are rejecting, but rather military service in support of a cause not deemed worthy of the sacrifice expected.
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January 17, 2006

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Stem cell research fraud vs. literary fraud: Only one harms its victims.
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