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CEO tells employees: Defeat Obama or lose your job

October 15, 2012 Stacy Mergenthal 2012 Election, Business, Employment, Labor and unions, Politics, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

David Siegel, CEO of Florida’s Westgate Resorts, to employees: “I will cut off your nose to spite Obama’s face because I got mine. If

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Obama had to debate with one hand tied behind his back

October 11, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Economy, Health care, Infrastructure, Obama, Politics, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Mitt Romney accused Barack Obama of favoring a policy of “trickle-down government.”  Indeed it was a zinger for Romney. It handcuffed Obama, although this

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Seattle Times endorses President Obama for re-election

October 11, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Economy, Education, Foreign Policy, Health care, Media, Obama, States Leave a comment

In an editorial laced with expressions of disappointment about President Obama’s first term, the Seattle Times has, nonetheless, called for the re-election of the

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Missouri’s Wentzville school district sets anti-bully example

October 10, 2012 Stacy Mergenthal Children, Crime/Violence, Education, Missouri region, States Leave a comment

My pre-teen son is no stranger to bullying, so I was pleased to read the most recent news out of our Wentzville school. Fortunately,

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How many kids are in pre-K and kindergarten in the U.S.?

October 10, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Children, Education, Good government, Poverty, States Leave a comment

In an era when there’s a database for just about everything, you’d have a hard time finding one that tallies up the total number

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Marriage equality on the ballot in four states this November

October 4, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Civil Rights, LGBT, States Leave a comment

Four states—Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington—will vote on marriage equality this November. New Left Media is creating a four part series on the experiences

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Dragging voter registration kicking/screaming into the 21st century

September 18, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Civil Rights, Good government, Missouri region, States, Voting/Elections One comment

While Republican Secretaries of State in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida desperately try to limit access to voting by aggressively purging registration rolls, forward-looking voters’

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Wanted: More masochists in Missouri

September 5, 2012 Barbara Finch Business, Charity & Justice, Consumer issues, Financial reform, Missouri region, Poverty, States Leave a comment

Honestly, I think you have to be a masochist to work for social justice in MIssouri. Case in point:  the recent effort to get

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Money, voter inequality, and the Electoral College

September 4, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Campaigns, Good government, Politics, States, Voting/Elections One comment

Imagine the United States without California, New York, and Texas. These three states represent close to one-fourth of the population of the country. Yet

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Freeways without futures

August 31, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Consumer issues, Ideas, Illinois/Midwest, Infrastructure, Missouri region, States One comment

As plans move forward for renovations to St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch, a group of local urbanists known as City to River have a

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