On Tuesday, a coalition of four national advocacy organizations launched the Half in Ten campaign, a vigorous and concerted effort to cut the number of Americans living in poverty by 50 percent within ten years.
The VA is ordering its staff not to diagnose veterans with PTSD, short-changing our soldiers and making worse an already under-treated condition.
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Today’s winner (in actuality, this year’s winner, seeing as it’s been a pretty dim year so far), conservative icon and author Richard Viguerie, who yesterday called at the “Ultimate John McCain” website for the entire Republican Leadership, from George W. … Read more »
Even for Americans, constitutionally convinced that there will always be a second act, and a third, and a do-over after that, and, if necessary, a little public repentance and forgiveness and a Brand New Start — even for us, the … Read more »
So far, the 2008 election has focused on growing challenges at home, including the fallout from the sub-prime mortgage crisis, escalating gas prices, and health care for millions of uninsured. But another leading policy challenge for the next administration is … Read more »
Former attorney general Alberto Gonzales brought disgrace to the Department of Justice, putting loyalty to the President above duty to the country, until the weight of numerous scandals forced his resignation in August 2007.
The gap between rich and poor in the United States has widened exponentially over the past three decades. The Congressional Budget Office reports that since 1979,
Five years ago, in a tightly-orchestrated public relations stunt that featured him landing on an aircraft carrier, President Bush announced to the world, “In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.”
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Rising gas prices are hitting Americans hard, while oil companies rake in record profits. As the economy falters, calls to deal with the price of gasoline have reached the halls of Washington, D.C.
In a press conference yesterday, President Bush said, “I think we’re making progress in Afghanistan” — days after President Hamid Karzai was the subject of an attempted assassination plot.
