Editorials
February 21, 2013
Editorial
President Barack Obama’s declaration that in the wealthiest nation on earth, no one working full-time should live in poverty was a message many Americans who aspire to enter into the middle class have been hoping to hear.
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December 10, 2012
Editorial
Any good negotiation has three parts. First, each side makes clear which issues they will stake their ground around. Next both sides formalize their positions and put forth proposals, usually resulting in a temporary stalemate. Finally, each side returns to their corners and decides when, how and on which issues to compromise in order to break the stalemate and get a deal.
August 9, 2012
Editorial
For more than a year now, members of the House and Senate have been at work to strike a deal that would extend a special provision in a little known trade law called AGOA – the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
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November 18, 2011
Editorial
Rep. Karen Bass released the following editorial on the child abuse investigation underway at Penn State.
September 20, 2011
Editorial
The President has drawn the line in the sand on economic growth and deficit reduction. It is clear and it is pronounced. Progressive Democrats have pushed for and now are presented with an agenda that best serves our nation.
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July 22, 2011
Editorial
Sudan has seen some of the worst violence and most horrific atrocities in recent history; yet on July 9, people in the new southern capital city of Juba raised their voices in celebration of a hard won freedom.
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July 20, 2011
Editorial
Who can forget the movie “Groundhog Day,” starring Bill Murray as a hapless curmudgeon of a weatherman stuck in small-town Pennsylvania reporting on the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil. No matter how hard he tries, Murray finds himself repeating the same day over and over and over again.
June 17, 2011
Editorial
The Republican budget authored by Budget Committee Chairman U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is a downright scary proposal that slashes Medicare benefits and puts insurance companies in charge of seniors’ healthcare.
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April 11, 2011
Editorial
Thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Clean Air Act, those “red-eye days” are a thing of the past in our city. But now the Republican Majority in the House wants to turn the clock back on clean air
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March 29, 2011
Editorial
The Arab spring that awoke in lands throughout North Africa and the Middle East was a site to behold. The spigot of unrest was too powerful, the energy too spontaneous, the movement too organic for any government to turn off.
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