USA

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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The most depressing fact about the economy is not the fact that household incomes were basically flat in 2012. It wasn't even the fact that 15 percent of the U.S. population was living…
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The U.S. State Department in October will release documents that could demonstrate the government's involvement in a press campaign prejudicial to five Cuban security agents during the…
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More than once the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to persons who may not have deserved it; the only one who’s received it “on credit” was Barack Obama. But anyone with a minimum of…
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Rep. Phil Gingrey ranted about how he was “stuck” making $172,000 a year while staffers in congress can use their experience to go on to bigger and better lobbying careers later in…
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To answer this question, we must define that United States policy toward Cuba means the ways, methods, mechanisms, actions and objectives of the U.S. government with respect to Cuba.
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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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President Obama delivered the following remarks making the case for a military strike against the Syrian government on Sept. 10, 2013, at the White House.
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Saul Landau was a special man. His endless energy and good humor, as well as his curiosity for things that he felt might make the world better, are things that his friends at Progreso…
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Inequality is real, it's personal, it's expensive and it was created. Today, 1% of Americans are taking home nearly 20% of the country's total income and own nearly 35% of the country's…
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