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7 Reasons Parents Should Not Test Kids for Drug Use

2 hours 37 min ago
Why experts say drug testing should be left to the professionals.
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The Role of Agribusiness in Our Food Crisis

2 hours 37 min ago
Ethanol critics need to be wary before they jump aboard the anti-ethanol campaigns and let off the hook the real bad actors behind our food crisis.
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North Carolina Paper Covers the John Edwards Allegations -- Carefully

2 hours 37 min ago
Love child allegations about Edwards remain so far unproven. One paper decides to cover the story properly.
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Immigrant Raids Must Stop

4 hours 37 min ago
Why do we treat those who work the longest hours at the most undesirable jobs like terrorists?
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Amy Goodman: Army Recruiter Threatens High School Student with Jail Time

5 hours 37 min ago
A Texas army recruiter was recently suspended for telling a teenager he would be sent to jail if he chose college over the military.
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The Problem Is Simple: Too Many People, Too Much Stuff

5 hours 37 min ago
An equitable and humane solution to overpopulation and overconsumption may actually be possible.
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Army Recruiter Threatens High School Student with Jail Time

5 hours 37 min ago
A Texas army recruiter was recently suspended for telling a teenager he would be sent to jail if he chose college over the military.
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Army Recruiter Threatens High School Student with Jail Time

5 hours 37 min ago
A Texas army recruiter was recently suspended for telling a teenager he would be sent to jail if he chose college over the military.
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The Problem Is Simple: Too Many People, Too Much Stuff

5 hours 37 min ago
An equitable and humane solution to overpopulation and overconsumption may actually be possible.
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McCain's "League of Democracies" Proposal, Rejected by Allies, Gains Traction with Hawks on Left and Right

6 hours 37 min ago
McCain's "League of Democracies," a new international organization of democratic governments, already exists.
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Who Marriage Is For: A Tale of Two Weddings

7 hours 37 min ago
Gay marriage is drastically changing the institution of marriage. And that's a very, very good thing.
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Black Women More Likely to Die in Childbirth than Whites or Latinas

9 hours 37 min ago
A state review of maternal mortality seeks to find out why. But some hospitals refuse to participate.
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Black Women More Likely to Die in Childbirth than Whites or Latinas

9 hours 37 min ago
A state review of maternal mortality seeks to find out why. But some hospitals refuse to participate.
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13 Workers Dead: A Look at the 'Shocking' and "Disgraceful' Imperial Sugar Tragedy

10 hours 37 min ago
VP at Imperial Sugar admits that working conditions at the plant where an explosion took the lives of 13 workers earlier this year were terrible.
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Why Obama Could be in Trouble

17 hours 37 min ago
Instead of acting like journalists, the mainstream media have become McCain's personal assistants, regurgitating his B.S. without question.
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[Part Two] Empty Talk Express: The Problems with McCain's Health Care Plan

17 hours 37 min ago
McCain touts his health plan as a boon for consumers. But real-world data shows that buying health care is not the same as buying an iPod.
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Is Your Organic Food Really Organic?

17 hours 37 min ago
Imported foods found with unacceptable pesticide levels have drawn attention to the USDA's shoddy certification process.
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Mad for Rachel Maddow

17 hours 37 min ago
Will Maddow's unlikely success, reliant on her ability to defy cliche, signal a move in punditry away from the thuggish and toward the sophisticated?
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Are Contractors in War Zones Above the Law?

17 hours 37 min ago
Numerous private civilian contractors have died in Iraq under KBR's watch, yet the firm is immune from U.S. law.
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