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RACES: Armageddon to Go
Two thousand students from the Georgia Institute of Technology stormed through Atlanta one night last week, whooping up and down Peachtree Street, pushing aside troopers who tried to bar their way, and generally raising hell. At the State Capitol, the boys pulled fire hoses from their racks, adorned the sculpt head of Civil War Hero John Gordon with an ashcan
Poverty: The War on the War on Poverty
When Lyndon Johnson launched his War On Poverty in 1964, he gave the Office of Economic Opportunity command of ten campaigns* to rescue the nation from want.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Scores Coup in Union Fight
Updated: March 11, 2011, 10:30 a.m.
Should They Stay Or Should They Go?
You wouldn’t think the man who made his mark in Washington as the knight-errant of campaign-finance reform and whose name is rarely written without the word maverick attached would ever meet a cause he deemed hopeless. But that was pretty much where Arizona Senator John McCain was a couple of weeks ago in his quest to transform the nation’s immigration laws and set on the path to becoming citizens the estimated 11 million people who are here illegally
Geraldine Ferraro: A Break with Tradition
CAMPAIGN James Johnson kept his glacial blue eyes glued to the motel-room TV set, his mouth slightly open as if in wonder. Walter Mondale’s campaign chairman had been in the state capitol in St.
Spotlight follows Snowe as health care battle advances
Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe has served in Congress for more than 30 years, but in recent months, she’s become one of the most-watched lawmakers on Capitol Hill
Fake veteran faces ‘stolen valor’ charge
Richard Strandlof said he survived the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon.
Henry: Is Obama’s Nobel a blessing or curse?
Yes he can win the Nobel Peace Prize.
ACORN announces new training, review after ‘prostitution’ videos
The community organizing group ACORN on Wednesday announced a hiring freeze, new training programs and an independent review of its programs after the recent release of a series of videotapes embarrassing to the agency.