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Legislating Under the Influence
It’s all the rage in state legislatures and even in Congress. More than a dozen states are debating proposals to require jobless Americans who receive unemployment benefits to submit to mandatory drug testing.
The Fight over Reproductive Rights
The air is still thick with outrage over President Barack Obama’s attempt to require all employers to provide insurance coverage for people who desire (or need) birth control.
Inside Rick Santorum’s Head
Rick Santorum is the latest darling of the most extreme of the GOP’s extremist voters. Here’s just an earful of this guy’s moral piety.
Pee for Food
Get Ready for War with Iran
It seems increasingly likely that the United States will attack Iran. The pretext will be that country’s alleged nuclear threat to Western civilization.
Populism and Pain in Obama’s 2013 Budget Proposal
Here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly from a budget proposal where Obama is letting the 1 percent off rather easy, while the rest of us, especially the poor, shoulder the pain.
The Lineup: Week of Feb. 13-19, 2012
Bartlett Naylor calls on the government to fulfill a commitment to curb reckless behavior on Wall Street.
The Real Social Security Crisis
In 2012, for the first time in three years, Social Security beneficiaries are getting a raise. The 3.6-percent boost will put an extra $42.59 a month in the average retiree’s pocket. As a result, the average retired American will now receive just over $1,200 a month in Social Security benefits.
Black Women Make History Too
We celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday in January, and now the country has moved into Black History Month. MLK left an enduring mark on our hearts and souls. But he was part of a team, and the other half of that team — his wife Coretta Scott King — made her own kind of history, with her husband and without him, both before and after his death.
Risky Business
What makes Wall Street so attractive to ambitious workers and bright minds? It’s the same thing that also makes it so reckless: big paychecks.
