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Obama's Surrender and a Progressive Path Forward

Tom Christopher | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Civil War, Obama Debt Ceiling, Tea Party, Progressives, Unemployment, Tea Party Extremists, Transcontinental Railroad, The Homestead Act, Debt Deal, Politics News
Tom Christopher

The Tea Partiers may make good on their threats to bring on a crisis. But perhaps, as in 1861, that is the only road to a political recalibration and national progress.

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U.S. Cities Are Giving Away Land To Earn Money

nytimes.com | MONICA DAVEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State-Budget-Crises, Income Tax, State Budgets, Tax, State Budget Crisis, The Homestead Act, Homesteading, Nebraska, Budget Deficit, Income, Business News

BEATRICE, Neb. -- Around the nation, cities and towns facing grim budget circumstances are grasping at unlikely -- some would say desperate -- means t...

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Language Matters: A "House" Is Not a "Home"

Martin Luz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing, The Homestead Act, Federal Reserve, Homeowners, Housing Slump, Home Foreclosures, William Levitt, American Dream, Greenspan Credit Crisis, Alan Greenspan, Mayberry, Greenspan Mortgage Crisis, Home Equity Withdrawals, Home Equity Loans, Business News
Martin Luz

The American fascination with "home" had always been rooted in some idea of the life one could build there. Then at some point, ideas changed -- and so did the words that went with them.

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Lincolnesque Vision Needed for USDA People's Gardens

Rose Hayden-Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: USDA Policy, Abraham Lincoln, Land-Grant-Colleges-Act, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, The Homestead Act, Morrill Act, Victory Gardens, Green Living, Green News
Rose Hayden-Smith

As a result of Lincoln's vision, a national department of agriculture was formed. Now, the USDA should lead the way in reviving a national gardening effort now. And we should all answer the call to service by participating.

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