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Citigroup shareholders reject executive pay plan
By Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Nelson D. Schwartz
From The New York Times
In a stinging rebuke, Citigroup shareholders rebuffed on Tuesday the bank’s $15 million pay package for its…
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Maximum security prison, turn left after the “Hooters” sign
By Danny Glover and Saul Landau
Highway 15 connects California’s Inland Empire with Las Vegas – accounting for the relative thickness of Saturday morning traffic. So we…
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Mexicans pull the trigger; we supply the guns
By Bill Press
Not much news came out of this week's North American Leaders' Summit at the White House. Probably because most reporters fell asleep in the Rose Garden, listening to…
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Ted Cruz: The man who wants to be the Marco Rubio of Texas
By Sterling Beard
From The Hill
The U.S. Senate candidate from Texas, Ted Cruz, hopes to become the next Marco Rubio.
Like Sen. Rubio (R-Fla.), Cruz is a Cuban-American running a Tea…
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Catholic bishops silent on issues affecting poor
By Bill Press
When it comes to certain political issues, there's no group more vocal today than the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. They are quick to speak out. And they make…
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GOP fears Latino revolt
By Manu Raju
From Politico
Republicans worried about their party's standing with Hispanic voters have launched an election-year scramble to put a better face on their party's…
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The moneybags
By David Brooks
From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada
More than anyone else, the rich are enjoying the economic recovery after the worst crisis since the Great Depression. In other…
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Obama calls Republican budget plan ‘thinly veiled social darwinism’
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Transcript of President Obama’s remarks at Associated Press luncheon in Washington, D.C. on the…
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Who will Romney’s vice presidential pick be? A conservative.
By Chris Cillizza
From The Washington Post – The Fix
Mitt Romney won’t make his vice presidential pick for a few months yet. But if history is any guide, we already know who he will…
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It’s past time to protect children not guns
By Marian Wright Edelman
Thousands of people across the country have poured into the streets – from New York to Sanford, Florida – to demand justice for Trayvon Martin. Hundreds of…
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