Robert Reich | The Real Job
Killers
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
"When in 1996 I recommended the minimum wage be raised, Republicans and the Chamber screamed it would 'kill jobs.' In fact, in the four years after it was raised, the U.S. economy created more jobs than were ever created in any four-year period."
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Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
"When in 1996 I recommended the minimum wage be raised, Republicans and the Chamber screamed it would 'kill jobs.' In fact, in the four years after it was raised, the U.S. economy created more jobs than were ever created in any four-year period."
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Crimea Crisis:
Threat of Full-Scale Russian Intervention Mounts
Peter Beaumont, Guardian UK
Beaumont reports: "The prospect of a full-scale Russian military intervention in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula mounted on Saturday, as the region's new prime minister asked for Vladimir Putin's assistance and a Kremlin source said it would 'not leave unnoticed' the request."
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Peter Beaumont, Guardian UK
Beaumont reports: "The prospect of a full-scale Russian military intervention in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula mounted on Saturday, as the region's new prime minister asked for Vladimir Putin's assistance and a Kremlin source said it would 'not leave unnoticed' the request."
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Secret Memos
Reveal Efforts to Shape Hillary Rodham Clinton's Political Image
Philip Rucker, The Washington Post
Rucker reports: "The Grunwald memo is part of a cache of confidential communications among Clinton and her political image-makers released to the public Friday, detailing the strategic machinations behind her evolution from a political spouse to a political leader in her own right."
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Philip Rucker, The Washington Post
Rucker reports: "The Grunwald memo is part of a cache of confidential communications among Clinton and her political image-makers released to the public Friday, detailing the strategic machinations behind her evolution from a political spouse to a political leader in her own right."
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An Upcoming
Supreme Court Case Could Impose Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill on the Entire
Country
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser reports: "Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) may have vetoed SB 1062, the legislation Arizona lawmakers passed in the hopes that it would enable business owners to discriminate against gay people, but the fight over whether business owners have a legal right to discriminate is far from over."
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Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser reports: "Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) may have vetoed SB 1062, the legislation Arizona lawmakers passed in the hopes that it would enable business owners to discriminate against gay people, but the fight over whether business owners have a legal right to discriminate is far from over."
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Students to
Obama: If You Won't Lead on Climate Action, We Will
Jon Queally, Common Dreams
Queally reports: "More than a thousand students from over 200 colleges and universities are descending on Washington, D.C. this weekend to deliver a stern message to a president they are not yet convinced is listening to dire warnings about climate change, the destructive impacts of a completed Keystone XL pipeline, and the fossil fuel paradigm overall."
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Jon Queally, Common Dreams
Queally reports: "More than a thousand students from over 200 colleges and universities are descending on Washington, D.C. this weekend to deliver a stern message to a president they are not yet convinced is listening to dire warnings about climate change, the destructive impacts of a completed Keystone XL pipeline, and the fossil fuel paradigm overall."
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Reversing
Course, Japan Makes Push to Restart Dormant Nuclear Plants
Hiroko Tabuchi, The New York Times
Tabuchi report: "The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made its biggest push yet to revive Japan's nuclear energy program on Tuesday, announcing details of a draft plan that designates atomic power as an important long-term electricity source."
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Hiroko Tabuchi, The New York Times
Tabuchi report: "The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made its biggest push yet to revive Japan's nuclear energy program on Tuesday, announcing details of a draft plan that designates atomic power as an important long-term electricity source."
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FOCUS: Stephen
Eric Bronner | America's Israel
Stephen Eric Bronner, Reader Supported News
Bronner writes: "American foreign policy has undergone a qualitative change since Barack Obama took over the presidency from George W. Bush. It's not all rosy."
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Stephen Eric Bronner, Reader Supported News
Bronner writes: "American foreign policy has undergone a qualitative change since Barack Obama took over the presidency from George W. Bush. It's not all rosy."
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