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What Would It Take to Get Us to Care About Torture?

Carol Smaldino | Posted 04.08.2012

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Carol Smaldino

I am aiming the question first at mental health practitioners since the idea of helping people towards sanity and well-being has been supported by the...

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Friday Talking Points -- Obama 2.0?

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.14.2011

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Chris Weigant

In the midst of the debt ceiling frenzy, nobody seems to have noticed that Obama is negotiating in a markedly different way than what we've seen from him in the past. He is at the absolute center of the showdown.

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Obama Memo Gives More Benefits To Federal Workers' Same-Sex Partners

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama ordered government agencies Wednesday to extend additional benefits to same-sex partners of federal employee...

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BP Oil Spill Probe Finds New Warning Signs Before Deepwater Horizon Explosion

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Two congressmen say that BP's internal investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has identified new warning signs of p...

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Ken Salazar: New Utah Monuments Not A Hidden Agenda

Salt Lake Tribune | Thomas Burr | Posted 05.25.2011

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Washington -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told a Senate committee Wednesday that there is no "hidden federal agenda" to unilaterally designate nati...

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Capitalism Has the Last Laugh (Again)

Robert Zevin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Zevin

As there can be no doubt that we are in a recovery, there can be even less doubt that the steps taken to get us here have been overwhelmingly crafted to benefit the rich and powerful.

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Sam Stein

New Progressive Memo Sent Around Hill Warns Against Finance Committee Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a late-game push to pass the public option, progressive groups are trying to convince Democrats that it would be political suicide to pass a bill r...

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