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Obama Administration Announces New Fuel Efficiency Standards
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Silver-spooners like Romney and Ryan have never experienced real fiscal insecurity--and their policies reflect it
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
Is Autism a Prenatal Parasite-Deficiency Syndrome?
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A Case Study in Elitism
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Toobin on Akin, Rape, and Abortion Rights
Lindsay Beyerstein
Would-Be Bigfoot Hoaxer Struck by Cars, Shoo-In for Darwin Award
Lindsay Beyerstein
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Doctor Who?
The corporations behind WebMD’s friendly, free advice
Terry J. Allen
Feature
At 35,000-Member Rally, AFL-CIO Attempts the Herculean
With rank-and-filers outraged over the DNC being held in anti-union North Carolina, the AFL-CIO makes an uphill case for Obama
Mike Elk
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