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Valerie Jarrett: Securing Equal Pay? There (Should Be) an App for That!

Right now, if you’re a woman in the workforce, it can be surprisingly difficult to answer basic questions about equal pay: what’s the typical salary for someone in your position? Should you be asking for more at the negotiating table? What are your fundamental legal rights Continue reading

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Bob Burnett: Is Obama a Failed President?

Given Republican treachery, it’s a miracle the US economy shows any life. To the extent that it does, credit Barack Obama Continue reading

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Rev. Jim Ball: SOTU: Washington Fiddles While The Climate Burns, Yet Hope Remains

President Obama surprised many of us climate-action types during his recent State of the Union speech. He caught us off guard by actually uttering t.. Continue reading

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Peter Blair: A Fragile State of the Union

I’ve got to say I came away thinking 2012 might be there for the taking for a Republican candidate promising voters a very different type of change. Read more: Election 2012 , State of the Union , Barack Obama , Obama State of the Union , Obama 2012 , Politics News Continue reading

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Most Americans Want The Government To Combat Foreclosures: Poll

With no end in sight to the foreclosure crisis, a majority of Americans are calling on the government to do something about it. Continue reading

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Lanny Davis: It Could Be ‘Morning in America’ for Obama – But…

Despite recent positive political and economic signs and a good State of the Union speech, the president still has a lot to worry about. Continue reading

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Bob Burnett: Obama’s Common Sense

In January of 1776, Thomas Paine published his pamphlet Common Sense. 236 years later, Barack Obama presented his own forceful version of common sense in his third State-of-the-Union address Continue reading

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Bob Burnett: Obama’s Common Sense

In January of 1776, Thomas Paine published his pamphlet Common Sense. 236 years later, Barack Obama presented his own forceful version of common sense in his third State-of-the-Union address Continue reading

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Politifact Backtracks After State Of The Union Fact Check Wreck

In the continuing annals of Politifact oddness, it seems that during the initial truth-squadding of last night’s State Of The Union address, the fact-… Read more: Eat the Press , Obama State of the Union 2012 , Politifact , Factchecking , State of the Union 2012 , Unemployment , Media Criticism , Job Growth , Job Creation , Barack Obama , State of the Union , Politics News Continue reading

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Ilene Angel: Let’s Stay Together – an Outlook From the State of the Union

I admit it. I was hoping the president would open by serenading us with a reprise of “Let’s Stay Together” at the State of the Union last night, but alas, it felt more like “You and Me Against the World.” Read more: Obama State of the Union 2012 , State of the Union , Barack Obama , Sotu , President Obama , Sotu 2012 , Obama Administration , State of the Union 2012 , Obama State of the Union , Politics News Continue reading

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