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Here's What a Hillary Clinton Presidency Would Mean for Global Warming

Here's What a Hillary Clinton Presidency Would Mean for Global Warming
Barbara Boxer (D-CA) by voting in favor of a bill opening new Gulf Coast areas to offshore oil drilling. Obama has opened up many areas for offshore oil drilling, and it's possible Clinton would do the same. 8. She avoids saying anything about Keystone XL.
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William Gates, Sr. and Chuck Collins on Why the Inheritance Tax Is Fair
This week, by a vote of 240-179 that broke down largely on partisan lines, House Republicans voted to repeal the estate tax. The Hill reports that “killing off the estate tax would increase the deficit by $ 269 billion over a decade.” It's not clear ...
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Rubio Lashes Out at Clinton on Foreign Policy

Rubio Lashes Out at Clinton on Foreign Policy
Rubio continued to bash the president's foreign policy and blamed Clinton saying, “America has less influence in the world than it did four to six years ago. Today, our allies trust us less. Our enemies fear us less.” His comments come after similar ...
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Republican White House contenders go back and forth on foreign policy ...
"The other Republicans will criticize the president and Hillary Clinton for their foreign policy, but they would just have done the same thing — just 10 times over," Paul said on the closing day of a New Hampshire GOP conference that brought about 20 ...
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The Guardian view on Britain's 2015 choice: foreign policy
Our place in Europe is the most important foreign policy issue in the coming election. Indeed, in the broadest sense, it is the most important issue of all, foreign or domestic, because it is about what kind of nation Britain wishes to be in the 21st ...
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A Radical Agenda for Hillary Clinton

A Radical Agenda for Hillary Clinton
To name just a few: Juliet Schor, Herman Daly, Noam Chomsky, Leo Girard, Barbara Ehrenreich, Bill McKibben, Frances Fox Piven, Dean Baker, Roberto Mangabeira Unger, David Korten, Michael Albert and Erik Olin Wright. You can read the founding essay ...
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ALEC in Denial of Its Climate Denial, Threatens to Sue
Conservative lobbying group the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) writes pro-fossil fuel, climate-damaging “model legislation” for its members in Congress and state legislatures across the country to pass. It's financed by a roster of ...
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New Report: Big Banks Require Tellers to Use Predatory Practices
Front-line workers at our nation's big banks — tellers, loan interviewers and customer service representatives — are required by their employers to exploit customers, according to a revealing report out today from the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD).
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