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Details: Written by Jasmyne Cannick, Critic and Commentator; Published: 06 August 2008

There is a lot of pomp and circumstance going on from both sides of the aisle regarding California…

Details: Written by Marian Wright Edelman, Child Watch; Published: 30 July 2008

To a stranger, Samantha Brown, 18, would look like any other teenager. The petite student is…

about-housing

Details: Written by U.S. Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.); Published: 30 July 2008

The mortgage foreclosure crisis is in full swing and not looking to ease soon. Mortgage lenders…

Details: Written by Christina Page, Birthcontrolwatch.org; Published: 30 July 2008

The Bush administration's Department of Health and Human Services has been called…

Details: Written by Ron Walters,; Published: 30 July 2008

Barack Obama has just completed a flawless trip abroad, beefing up his presidential…

about-bike-transportation

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 23 July 2008

What can be done to prevent the ugly clashes between bicyclists and motorists? Three recent…

Details: Written by Joann Bowman of Oregon Action; Published: 23 July 2008

In the waning days of the Bush Presidency, it's tempting to simply let bygones be bygones and…

Details: Written by Bill Fletcher Jr. of the Institute for Policy Studies; Published: 23 July 2008

It was a few years ago and I was at a conference in California. There was a break in the conference…

about-poverty

Details: Written by Yifat Susskind of Madre, for Women Worldwide; Published: 23 July 2008

Last week, leaders of the world's richest countries, the Group of Eight, met to chart the…

Details: Written by Harry C. Alford of the National Black Chamber of Commerce; Published: 23 July 2008

Not since the Great Depression started with the stock market crash of 1929 and followed by an…

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