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Interchangeable Quagmires: Why Doesn't CAP Apply What It Wrote About Iraq To Afghanistan?

newshoggers.com | Posted 10.31.2009 | Media

Read More: Cap, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Iraq Media Coverage, Media Coverage, Iraq, Center for American Progress, Afghanistan Media Coverage, War in Iraq, Interchangeable Quagmires, Media News

It seems to me that you could make a case for all they said to be applicable to Afghanistan too, though. Yet again we have a multi-factional and viole...

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The Gardasil Vaccine -- Introduction to a Series

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Glaxosmithkline, HPV Vaccine, Stds, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Living News, Merck, Genital Warts, Harvard School of Public Health, Pap Test, Gardasil Vaccine, Teenage Sexuality, Fda, Center for American Progress, Ceravix, Human Papillomavirus, Girls's Health, Women's Health, Dissident Voice, Ins, New England Journal of Medicine, Health News, Cervical Cancer, Lucinda Marshall, Healthcare, Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

As the nation's attention is riveted on the discourse about health care reform, another debate is taking place around the Gardasil vaccine.

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My Meet the Press Minute

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Workforce, Meet the Press, Maria Shriver, Employee Benefits, The Shriver Report, Center for American Progress, Business News
Trish Kinney

There are millions of workers employed by small and medium size businesses that are not flush with profits and simply cannot afford flexible schedules and paid family sick days.

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'Leaders and Laggards' Vanishes, a Good Development

Gerald Bracey | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: School Criticism, "Leaders and Laggards, Chamber of Commerce, John Podesta, Center for American Progress, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

Two and a half years ago, The U. S. Chamber of Commerce and The Center for American Progress released a report on the condition of education in the U. S. It was the typical scare tactic, the educational form of 'Death Panels.'

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Reframe the Conversation: Health Care Insurance Reform is a Basic Human Rights Issue

Michelle Kraus | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Max Baucus, Political Pundits, Pundits, Meet-Up, President Obama, Media, Center for American Progress, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Human Rights, John Podesta, Former President Jimmy Carter, Health Care Reform, Media News, Health Care, Joan Blades, Move On, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Michelle Kraus

We can't just let the kooks rule the day or threaten violence with their words. Don't leave Speaker Pelosi fearing for political violence in the streets because we have not done our job.

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Save Talk Radio!

Sue Wilson | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Free Press, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Lloyd, Christian Coaltion, Glenn Beck, Free Speech Alliance, Broadcast Blues, Center for American Progress, Media News
Sue Wilson

It is clear that the "right" has been quietly assembling troops and is now mounting their attack, an attack largely unanticipated by media reformers.

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Get Real About Health Reform

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Center for American Progress, Healthcare, Politics News
Alan Rosenblatt

How many of the health care reform naysayers really know how the proposed reforms would affect their lives and their small businesses?

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Too High a Price for High Octane

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Refineries, Sunoco, Exxonmobil, Sulfuric Acid, Alcoa, Myron Arnowitt, Center for American Progress, Labor Day, Octane, Chemical Security 101, Hydrofluoric Acid, Public Interest Research Group, Holly Refinery, Marathon Petroleum, Citgo, Suncor Refinery, Pirg, Paul Orum, U.S. Department of Labor, Clean Water Action, Bhopal, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The refineries in this country still using unnecessarily hazardous hydrofluoric acid must ensure their workers and the residents of their neighborhoods live to see Labor Day 2010.

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Progressives Gather Forces on Twitter

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Social Media, Twitter, Hashtags, Activism, Progressives, Advocacy, Act.ly, Center for American Progress, Media News
Alan Rosenblatt

TweetProgress.us is the newest phase in our efforts to better organize progressives on Twitter.

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Holbrooke's Projects Long Occupation of Afghanistan, Pakistan

Tom Hayden | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Center for American Progress, John Podesta, Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, World News
Tom Hayden

The conference on Afghanistan with Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, sponsored by the Center for American Progress on August 12 turned into a disappointing press conference

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Banks Still Cheating People Out of Their Homes

Mike Elk | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Evan Bayh, Loan Modifications, Predatory Lending, Making Home Affordable, Wall Street, Campaign Contributions, Lobbyists, Dick Durbin, Blue Dogs, Home Affordable Modification, Max Baucus, Foreclosure, Center for American Progress, Cramdown, Business News
Mike Elk

We can't allow Wall Street to go on cheating people out of the most important possession of their lives -- their home.

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Faint Praise

Robert Kuttner | Posted 09.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Paul Krugman, Center for American Progress, Hendrik Hertzberg, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Robert Kuttner

Even if we insure more people, as President Obama hopes to, a fragmented, profit-oriented system simply cannot yield the most efficient use of health outlays.

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Kerry And Boxer Challenge Palin To Debate

The Washington Post | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Kerry, Sarah Palin, Barbara Boxer, Boxer Kerry Palin Debate, Palin Resignation, He American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Energy Legislation, Cap, Center for American Progress, Politics News

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Clinton Consulted With Republicans, Neocons On Big Foreign Policy Speech

The Plum Line | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Defense, Henry Kissinger, Liberals, Clinton, Joseph Nye, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Brent Scowcroft, Neoconservatism, Zbigniew Brzezinski, George Schultz, Center for American Progress, Foreign Policy, Jim Jones, Paul Farmer, State Department, John Podesta, Francis Fukuyama, Neocons, Strobe Talbott, Robert Gates, Foreign Policy Advisers, Hillary Clinton, Richard Lugar, Politics News

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has consulted with a surprisingly diverse ideological bunch in the course of creating the major foreign policy spee...

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Why Wal-Mart's Health Care Letter Matters

Doug Schoen | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Medicare, Service Employees International Union, Center for American Progress, John Podesta, Mike Duke, Wal-Mart, President Obama, Andy Stern, Business News
Doug Schoen

The company made famous for low prices just helped further solidify cost control as a requirement for entry in the health care debate.

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The Road Map For Repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Center for American Progress | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in Military, Army, Gay Rights, Military, Armed Forces, President Obama, Dadt, Obama, US Army, Center for American Progress, Politics News

Then-Senator Barack Obama pledged during the 2008 presidential campaign that he would work with military leaders and Congress to repeal the law that b...

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Did Barack Obama "Kill" the Progressive Movement?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Media Matters, Rahm Emanuel, Dana Milbank, Keith Ellison, Federal Reserve Transparency Act, Leo Gerard, America's Future Now, Cramdown, Barack Obama, Naomi Klein, Center for American Progress, Progressives, Obama Progressives, Progressive Movement, Politics News
Jane Hamsher

I understand that nobody wants to be on the outside like they were during the Bush years, but the price of a few cocktail parties at the White House -- and the threat of lost donors -- is buying a lot more than it should.

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Obama and The State Secrets Smackdown

Ari Melber | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap, Aclu, Obama, Center for American Progress, Eff, State Secrets, 100 Days, Obama 100 Days, Politics News
Ari Melber

Barack Obama has drawn praise for transparency reforms during his first 100 days in office, but his use of the "state secrets" privilege to squash lawsuits on torture and surveillance is drawing mounting opposition.

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Obama Can Make a Difference in Darfur

John Prendergast | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

Read More: Genocide Prevention Month, Rev. Jim Wallis, President Obama, Enough Project, Genocide, J. Scott Gration Special Envoy, Darfur Sudan, John Prendergast, Center for American Progress, Wall Street Journal, World News
John Prendergast

In an op-ed appearing this month in The Wall Street Journal, Sojourners President Jim Wallis and I argue that President Barack Obama should now move t...

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Lawrence Korb and I Debate Military Escalation in Afghanistan (Video)

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

Read More: Lawrence Korb, The Nation, Brave New Foundation, Troops, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Afghan, Taliban, Center for American Progress, Gilles Dorronsoro, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Escalation, Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films, Robert Pape, Katrina Vanden Huevel, Robert Gates, Video, World News
Katrina vanden Heuvel

I believe the more responsible and effective strategy moving forward is to take US-led military escalation off the table, begin to withdraw US troops and support a regional diplomatic solution.

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A Woman's Nation

Maria Shriver | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Maria Shriver, Women's Issues, Women's Nation, Center for American Progress, Living News
Maria Shriver

For the first time in our nation's history, women now represent half of all workers and are becoming the primary breadwinners in more families than ever before. This country is now what I like to call "A Woman's Nation."

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Sam Stein

Lincoln Under Siege From Both Sides For EFCA Position

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tim Griffin, Lincoln Griffin, Efca, Lincoln Employee Free Choice Act, Arkansas Politics, Labor Movement, Blanche Lincoln, Center for American Progress, Politics News

Sen. Blanche Lincoln's decision to oppose the union-backed Employee Free Choice Act, two years after supporting it, seemed at the time to take a thorn...

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Rahm Emanuel's Think Tankers Enforce 'Message Discipline' Among 'Liberals'

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Common Purpose Project, John-Stauber, David Brock, Politico, MoveOn.Org, Afghan War, Tom Matzzie, Iraq Occupation, Dick Gephardt, Center for American Progress, Ben Smith, Obama White House, Anti-War Movement, Rahm Emanuel, Center for Media and Democracy, Erik Smith, Miti Sathe, Jane Hamsher, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

Independent journalists have tried to shine a spotlight on how groups like the Center for American Progress and MoveOn are now supporting the continuation of wars because their guy is now commander-in-chief.

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Once Again, Real Journalism From Comedy Central (VIDEO)

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.02.2009 | Media

Read More: David Brock, Sunlight Foundation, MoveOn.Org, Richard Clarke, Jon Soltz, Markos Moulitsas, Howard Dean, Keith Olbermann, Wesley Clark, Center for American Progress, Arianna Huffington, Paul Rieckhoff, Stephen Colbert, Crew, Jon Stewart, John Dean, Brandon Friedman, Glenn Beck, Josh Marshall, Al Gore, Media News
Mark Nickolas

Leave it to Comedy Central -- this time Stephen Colbert -- to do the traditional media's job in exposing the fanatical charlatans like Glenn Beck.

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Bill O'Reilly's 'Ambush Journalism' in 87 Seconds

John Amato | Posted 05.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Amanda Terkel, Center for American Progress, O'Reilly, Jesse Watters, Fox News, Bill O'reilly Ambush, Fox Ambush, Bill O'Reilly, Bill O'Reilly Fox News, Fox News Channel, Bill O'Reilly Fox, Thinkprogress, Media News
John Amato

We've highlighted many instances where Bill O'Reilly's producers harass and attack journalists, whistleblowers, judges, politicians, and bloggers who do not share Bill O'Reilly's political views.

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