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Facebook's Iranian Impact: From the Inside

By Elizabeth Rowe • on July 10, 2009

Iranian Facebook employee Navid Mansourian truly understands the importance of social media.

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National Politics

GOP Identity Crisis: New Competition

GOP Identity Crisis: New Competition

By Wesley Lowery • on July 9, 2009

Two of the most prominent third parties are hoping to kick the GOP while it’s down.

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Youth Resoundingly Answer Obama’s Call to Service

Youth Resoundingly Answer Obama’s Call to Service

By Beth Palkovic • on July 6, 2009

In unprecedented numbers around the country, young Americans are stepping up to serve others.

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DC

Uighurs Caught Between a Rock, a Hard Place and Congress

Uighurs Caught Between a Rock, a Hard Place and Congress

By Alyssa Work • on July 8, 2009

The U.S. government can’t seem to agree on what to do with Chinese Uigher Guantanamo detainees.

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Cap-and-Trade Could Hurt Economy

Cap-and-Trade Could Hurt Economy

By Alexander Laska • on July 7, 2009

House Republicans worry that the program will create higher energy prices, and therefore reduce GDP.

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Culture

New Face of Journalism Creates Generation Gap

New Face of Journalism Creates Generation Gap

By Elizabeth Cermak • on July 7, 2009

Many stories now begin with unverified reports in an effort to break big news.

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YouTube Teaches Journalism

YouTube Teaches Journalism

By Gabriel Debenedetti • on July 6, 2009

Pros give credible tutorials on citizen journalism in the Reporters’ Center.

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Foreign Affairs

U.S. Backs Former Honduran President

U.S. Backs Former Honduran President

By Madeleine O'Connor • on July 8, 2009

Obama says the coup was not legal and supports Zelaya, despite dangers presented in reinstating him.

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In Conversation: Young Iranian Expatriates Speak Out On Election, Western Media

In Conversation: Young Iranian Expatriates Speak Out On Election, Western Media

By Hillary Eason • on July 3, 2009

Arash and Caspar are not only worried about the results, but of media’s portrayal of the problem.

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Opinion

Obama’s Foreign Policy: Country First, Ideology Second

Obama’s Foreign Policy: Country First, Ideology Second

By Sonia Tsuruoka • on July 8, 2009

New doctrine reflects a calculated understanding of more modern – and modest – paths to preeminence.

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Baldwin Would Be Good Catch for Congress

Baldwin Would Be Good Catch for Congress

By Ryan O'Neal • on July 7, 2009

Putting the oldest Baldwin brother in office might not be as bad an idea as you think.

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Generational Eye

Education Special: American Identity Key to Mobilization

Today, our nation’s schools are not mobilizing America’s young people to compete.

What is Change?

British Murdoch Newspapers Face Scrutiny

A newspaper in the U.K. is accused of having hacked into public figures’ cellphones.

Another Climate Change Setback

Democratic senators decided today that they need more time to prepare a climate change bill to go through the senate. The new September 28th deadline would still allow for legislation to pass before international climate talks in Copenhagen this December.
For the U.S. not to pass this legislation before December would contradict the Obama administration’s [...]

Look Out for Jindal

Being an effective governor just might be the best strategy for winning the 2012 GOP nomination.

C.I.A. Misled Congress

The director of the C.I.A. admits that his agency misled Congress, under the Bush Administration.

G8 Can’t Agree on Emissions Cut

Developing countries see emissions standards as threats to their growth.

Other Headlines

Red Light, Green Light, 1, 2, Socialism!

This man truly expects to be President until 2050? He truly is the black Kim Jong-Il…

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SNL has-been wonders why liberals care about this “Health Care thing” and why POTUS kills Grandmas, like Hitler

What? Why are people so crazy? And why doesn’t Hollywood know when to STFU? Who IS Victoria Jackson anyway? Answer: TBA. In a potentially insane

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Netanyahu awkwardly losing his mind (and other things that made us LOL)

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is pretty much on the brink of total insanity, reports daily

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Twitz Blitz

What the fuck would we do without our politicians tweeting us about their day?

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