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The House voted on a Bill to restrict abortion to 20 weeks, in effect outlawing those late terms procedures which anti abortion activists call partial births. It is one of the most restrictive bills put forth yet. Given it would not pass a Democratic controlled senate nor be signed by the President, the supporters knew…

Why must Edward Snowden either be a hero or a traitor? Why must we categorize people and events into sound bites that distort and deflect reality? Let’s say he had the good motives he says he had, couldn’t we still recognize the harm of what he did, including complicating existing tensions between the U.S. and…

A study by the non partisan CBO (Congressional Business Office) discovered that income tax breaks disproportionately benefit higher income households. It found that the top ten tax breaks, are “distributed unevenly across the income scale.” Those earning $450,000 or more, representing the top 1% of households, received more than17% of the savings in 2013. In…