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wwwDURST: Political Party Double-Speak
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Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace:
Climate Reality Eludes the Business Press
John Miller
Democracy and Elections:
Seven Ways Your Vote Might Not Count This November
Steven Rosenfeld
DrugReporter:
'The Dope Craze That's Terrorizing Vancouver'
Lani Russwarm
Election 2008:
Hillary Electrifies: "Nothing Less Than the Fate of Our Nation ... Hangs in the Balance"
Steven Rosenfeld
Environment:
Why We Need a Revolution
Bill Vitek
ForeignPolicy:
Bush Is Pouring Gas on Afghanistan's Bonfire
Chris Hedges
Health and Wellness:
In November, Women Will Vote With Health Care in Mind
Judy Waxman
Hurricane Katrina:
From the Bayou to Baghdad: Mission Not Accomplished
Amy Goodman
Immigration:
Immigration: Too Hot for the Dems?
Roberto Lovato
Media and Technology:
Progressive Media's New Smackdown Power: Why Swiftboat Tactics Aren't Working in '08
Eric Boehlert
Movie Mix:
Protest over Use of the Word 'Retard' in Stiller's 'Tropic Thunder' Misses the Target
Annabelle Gurwitch
Reproductive Justice and Gender:
Women Lawmakers Take Up Wage Discrimination at Convention
Gail Russell Chaddock
Rights and Liberties:
Israel Expanding Settlements in East Jerusalem
Mel Frykberg
Sex and Relationships:
Why Young Women Delay Marriage
Erich Goode
War on Iraq:
Sectarian Clashes Flaring Up as U.S.-Backed Operations Target Sunnis
Ahmed Ali, Dahr Jamail
Water:
Will Thirsty States Get Great Lakes Water?
Dave Dempsey
Republicans: The Republican Party is a big tent. WHAT THEY MEAN: A lot of you will have to enter from the servants flap.
WHAT THEY SAY: Democrats: It takes a village. WHAT THEY MEAN: It takes a village full of money and we get enough, we'll be elected, and then it'll take a bulldozer to get us out of the White House.
WHAT THEY SAY: Republicans: We value the women of our party. WHAT THEY MEAN: The ones that don't demand control of their bodies.
WHAT THEY SAY: Democrats: Families First. WHAT THEY MEAN: First Families Firster.
WHAT THEY SAY: Republicans: We're are committed to anti drug. WHAT THEY MEAN: Unless the drugs happen to be legal and are equipped with lobbyists with substantial budgets.
WHAT THEY SAY: Democrats: The economy is doing well in all sectors of the country. WHAT THEY MEAN: In all sectors where raising a family on a living wage with a sense of security is not important.
WHAT THEY SAY: Republicans: Illegal immigration is bad. WHAT THEY MEAN: Except for necessary gardeners.
WHAT THEY SAY: Democrats: children shouldn't smoke cigarettes. WHAT THEY MEAN: They have come strongly out in favor of protecting puppies from toxic waste.
Will Durst is one of those rare guys who's anti puppy.
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Why Young Women Delay Marriage Reproductive Justice and Gender: Most women in their 20s are far more concerned with education, career, and gaining life experience than with their single status. By Erich Goode, Sirens Magazine. August 27, 2008. |
Women Lawmakers Take Up Wage Discrimination at Convention Reproductive Justice and Gender: Women not only earn less money than men, they often pay more for the same services, like tailoring, dry cleaning and hair cuts. By Gail Russell Chaddock, Christian Science Monitor. August 27, 2008. |
Immigration: Too Hot for the Dems? Immigration: America's brutal immigration detention network is getting short shrift from Democratic reformers and their institutional allies in Denver. By Roberto Lovato, New America Media. August 27, 2008. |
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