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Another American Institution Fails, and We Lose Faith in Ourselves

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San Diego CityBeat | October 1, 2008

Now that Wall Street has failed -- a victim of its own greed -- you can add it to the list of institutions in which we have lost our collective trust.

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Tags: Congress, politics, Wall Street, economic issues, bailouts

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New Report from Human-Rights Group Yields Another Reason to Stop Smokingnew

The Plan International report interviewed 44 Malawian teens about their experiences working full-time on tobacco farms. The kids described work that's too difficult for people their size, 12-hour days (at the least) with few breaks and average pay of 18 cents a day. They also reported being hit, tormented and raped by supervisors.

San Diego CityBeat | Editorial | 08-26-2009 | Science

Tags: Malawi, Plan International, business, human rights, tobacco

The Time for the Military's Gay-Purging Policy Has Come and Gonenew

As Barack Obama has said, Don't Ask, Don't Tell is counterproductive, particularly in wartime -- and thanks to the reckless foreign policies of our extremely lame lame-duck president, which has stretched our forces nearly to the snapping point, the U.S. military needs all the able-bodied men and women it can get.

San Diego CityBeat | Editorial | 12-10-2008 | LGBT

Tags: military, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, war & peace, gay & lesbian issues

Forget Lieberman -- The Dems Should Boot John Dingellnew

The octogenarian Democratic Congress member from Michigan whom the netroots should really be after; he's the guy who should be ousted from his post chair of the powerful House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

San Diego CityBeat | Editorial | 11-19-2008 | Commentary

Tags: Congress, Joe Lieberman, automotive industry, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, John Dingell

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