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A storm that was only a Category 2 when it hit the northeast virtually paralyzed the Big Apple last year. What would have happened if a Category 5 had hit? Picture Manhattan as a lake.…
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This time it didn't work. In fact, it failed miserably and the Republicans fell on their collective faces in front of the whole nation. It did "succeed" in a number of unintended ways,…
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Since its inception, the promise of paradise is the story of Miami. Founded in 1896, Miami by the 1920s had already experienced a frenzied real estate boom fueled by that promise…
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Three years ago, oil giant BP created one of the worst environmental catastrophes in history when one of its wells gushed hundreds of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.…
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The Palestinian-Israeli conflict plays a significant role in U.S. domestic politics. That politics is all on one side, Israel's. Politicians seeking to reach or retain the White House…
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Members of the GOP-controlled House are wreaking havoc on Capitol Hill. Indeed, they saved for last their most lunatic attempt yet to destroy Obamacare.
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This week brought some good news for working people – for a change. California, the biggest state in the nation by population is on the verge of increasing the minimum wage to $9 an…
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Many in the U.S. political elite are worried that if the United States does not launch a military attack on Syria it will lose an intangible but important thing: "credibility." But…
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Florida is virtually the leader in the percentage of the medically uninsured in a country with by far the highest percentage of medically uninsured citizens in the developed world. And…
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President Obama's announcement that he is launching a campaign to fight against the accelerating increase in the cost of college is welcome news. Today, too many can't afford the kind…
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