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June 2008 - Posts
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The silence between Barack Obama and Bill Clinton has been broken, with the Democratic White House hopeful on Monday asking the former president to campaign Read More...
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A flurry of reports pegged to McCain's two-day swing through Ohio late last week suggested that Rob Portman might be in line for the VP spot. Portman accompanied Read More...
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Through photos and writings documenting poverty in New York City in the late 19th century, a Danish immigrant became a famous campaigner against slum housing. Read More...
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Already weakened by several court rulings and state referendums, affirmative action now confronts a new challenge to its reason for existing. Barack Obama's Read More...
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How well do you know what you need to know about polititcs today? Read More...
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Why aren't the two presidential candidates talking more about conservation in this era of high gas prices? Jody Powell, press secretary during Jimmy Carter's Read More...
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a drought emergency for his state. This isn't the first water emergency California has faced or the Read More...
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Because of the drought, efficiency and conservation efforts are ramping into high gear in California. Since the last drought emergency in 1992, the state's Read More...
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Congress is pulling in approval numbers even lower than President Bush's. Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving discusses what this means. Read More...
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Threats of an actor's strike continue to hang above the entertainment industry, threatening to cripple business that's still recovering from the writer's Read More...
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Hundreds of wildfires continue to burn around California. We speak to a resident who chose not to leave the hard-hit Big Sur area. Read More...
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The April raid on a polygamist ranch in Texas has Mormons concerned about their image. Nearly a third of those polled in a new survey think members of Read More...
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In the early 1960s, California was hailed as a model for America's future. But youth unrest at Berkeley and rioting in Watts offered a very different reality. Read More...
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The Democratic presidential candidate blames his own "carelessness" for some criticism of him so far. Read More...
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The April raid on a polygamist ranch in Texas has created image problems for the Mormon community. A new survey found that almost a third of those surveyed Read More...
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Obama announces support and expansion for Bush's faith based programs ... Obama's sister reminds voters of his ties to Asia and Asian-Americans ... McCain to visit Colombia, Mexico to show support for free trade Read More...
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The senator is facing his first primary opponent since he first took office 23 years ago, and his challenger has one issue in mind: The senator's 2003 Read More...
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What will the next president do about Iran? Iran has about approximately one-tenth of the world’s proven oil reserves, plus more than one-tenth of the Read More...
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The host and producers of Tell Me More are in the Big Apple for the first of three broadcasts from New York City. Rep. Yvette Clark, a Democrat from Brooklyn, Read More...
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President Bush on Monday signed legislation to pay for the war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, hailing the $162 billion plan as a rare product of bipartisan Read More...
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The voters of Appalachia… A - Are hicks, B - Are hillbillies, C - Are rednecks, D - Don't appreciate where you're going with this. Read More...
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The same pragmatism that prompted him last month to forgo public financing of his campaign will surely lead him, if he becomes President, to recalibrate Read More...
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Artists who back Democrat Barack Obama depict the presidential candidate as a visionary, putting his face at the center of the campaign. Steve Seidman, Read More...
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The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is responsible for investigating complaints from government employees. But consistent criticism of how the agency does Read More...
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A U.S. Army report criticizes the planning and aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The Army's official history of the war says the biggest single blunder Read More...
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Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, an ex-Democratic presidential candidate now supporting Barack Obama, said Sunday John McCain’s military service does not automatically Read More...
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The psychologist who created the infamous Stanford prison guard experiment discusses what can make ordinary people do seemingly extraordinary evil things Read More...
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The deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians more than two years ago led to the high-profile court-martial of eight Marines accused of violating the rules of engagement. Read More...
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Many policy issues separate the presumptive presidential nominees. But what to do about the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, isn't one of them. Read More...
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Aurora Austriaco is walking the precincts. Months ago, she started out in heels. "You always want to wear something nice," she told me the other day. She swiftly realized that "nice" wasn't going to work. Now, she's sporting nurse's shoes. Read More...
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As they look to the fall election, Democrats face a strategic decision that has bedeviled their party for 40 years: How hard should they fight in the South Read More...
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Republicans on deck. Earlier this month, Nebraska Democrats tooted their horn, wrote a platform, chose party officers and wrestled for national convention delegate seats. Read More...
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In Findlay, Ohio, a Rust Belt town of 40,000, false rumors about Barack Obama have built enough word-of-mouth credibility to harden into an alternative Read More...
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An Army report that will be released on Monday reveals that major mistakes were made in the post-war planning in Iraq. The report, which will be released Read More...
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By rights, a group that helped elect Bill Clinton president and counts Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as one of its leaders should be hostile territory for Read More...
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As gas prices continue to rise, lawmakers have been getting an earful about it from their constituents. Members of Congress are anxious to show their concern Read More...
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The U.S Army will release a 700-page report on Monday that blasts the post-invasion phase of the Iraq war. The report says operations were badly mismanaged Read More...
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Drug cartels have made Juarez the deadliest city in Mexico. But they also operate just across the border, in El Paso, Texas — one of the safest cities Read More...
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John McCain met Sunday with evangelist Billy Graham and his son, Franklin, at the family's mountaintop retreat. Read More...
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John McCain squinted in the midday sunshine as he crossed the meandering Alabama River aboard the Gee's Bend ferry, smiling at a dozen elderly black women Read More...
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The landmark Supreme Court decision on gun rights has sparked a series of lawsuits by the National Rifle Association against handgun bans in five jurisdictions Read More...
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U.S. congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush's funding request for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran Read More...
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Some political observers say that for Sen. Barack Obama to be elected president, he must first connect with and win over white, working-class voters. The Read More...
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The Latino vote could be pivotal in the fall election. Both presidential candidates showed up Saturday to speak at the annual meeting of the National Association Read More...
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As the gap grows between places that are prospering and those that are not, Democrats are strengthening their hold in major metropolitan areas, particularly Read More...
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But as justices finished their work last week, two overarching truths about the court remained unchanged: It is sharply divided ideologically on some of Read More...
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South Korea, which eats more beef than most others in Asia, is in the dizzying throes of a beef-triggered populist upheaval. Read More...
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Bloggers, citizen journalists and policymakers come together in New York for an annual forum to discuss the direction of politics on the Web. Read More...
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Sister's suicide 28 years ago led to a journey of giving voice to a taboo subject Read More...
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In the 2008 presidential race, the first feeling the full force of the changes wrought by the Web, the most attention-grabbing Internet attacks are coming Read More...
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This week the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to impose the death penalty for the rape of a child. Richard Dieter, the executive director of the Read More...
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Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain courted Hispanic support on Saturday, and Obama accused his White House rival of backing away from comprehensive Read More...
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama plans to visit the Middle East and Europe this summer, taking time off from campaigning in the United States Read More...
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The Supreme Court is in recess for the summer, but the justices ended this week with some major and very close decisions. NPR legal affairs correspondent Read More...
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A day after the Supreme Court issued a landmark gun ruling striking D.C.'s handgun ban, the National Rifle Association filed suit in five jurisdictions Read More...
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Alvin and Omelia Garner were among the first interracial couples to be legally married in North Carolina. Last weekend, they celebrated their 40th anniversary Read More...
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The Mattachine Society was one of the first gay rights groups in the country. On April 21, 1966 they staged a "Sip-In": they went into a tavern, declared Read More...
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Staffers in Sen. Ted Stevens' (R-AL) office have won first place in a fitness competition on Capitol Hill by walking over 6,000 miles. Over the past six Read More...
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John McCain has an unusual endorsement — from the Vietnamese jailer who says he held him captive for about five years as a POW and now considers him a Read More...
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Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton appeared together in Unity, N.H., for their first joint appearance since Clinton dropped out of the presidential Read More...
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Doctors who treat Medicare patients will likely see a 10.6 percent cut in payments starting Tuesday. The move follows the Senate's failure to pass a Medicare Read More...
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The Democratic convention in Denver is aiming to reuse, recycle, or compost at least 85 percent of all waste generated. Andrea Robinson, director of sustainability Read More...
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Republican John McCain on Friday told autoworkers in an economically depressed area of Ohio that he supports free-trade agreements many of them feel cost Read More...
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U.S. scientists meeting to discuss how to respond to a terrorist nuclear attack on American soil say our country is largely unprepared. The first step: Read More...
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Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton appear in Unity, N.H., to urge Democrats to unite for the general election. The appearance Read More...
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