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July 30 - Amateurism in the White House at a Time of International Crises; Lobbying for Israel-Palestine Peace on Capitol Hill; Texans Cruz and Perry Posturing for the Presidency

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January 27 - How Banks are Helping Payday Lenders to Rip Off Billions; The Spread of Taxpayer-Funded Schools Teaching Anti-Science Ignorance; Obama Should Use His Cognitive Power in the SOTU

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November 21 - Democrats Pull the Trigger on the "Nuclear Option"; A Senator who Investigated CIA, Mafia and Cuban Ties to JFK's Assassination; The First Person to Deliver an Eyewitness Account of the Assassination of President Kennedy

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November 12 - An Update From The Philippines and Climate Change with Global Justice; Gun Toting "Open Carry Texans" Intimidate Mothers; Fallout From "On The Beach" To Fallout From Fukushima

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October 28 - An Analysis of the Restrictive Texas Abortion Laws Struck Down and Upheld; A Single Mother Takes The Fall for Wall Street; Surprising Results When Economics Combine with Anthropology

September 25 - Iran's Leader Upsets Hardliners at Home; Finally the SEC's Pay Ratio Disclosure Rules are Discussed; Cruz Uses the U.S. Senate as a Fund-Raising Platform

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August 26 - A Spokesperson for the Syrian Opposition on the Attacks; Forest Policy and More Intense Fires; Statewide Attacks on Abortion Providers

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July 11 - Is Edward Snowden in a Former KGB Dacha?; Public Opinion Shifts Dramatically in Snowden's Favor; Piety and Profits for Governor Perry and his Sister; A "Christian Nation" Under President Sarah Palin!

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July 10 - Texas Republicans Escalate Their War on Women; The Growing Hunger Strikes in California's Prisons; The 2013 Failed States Index

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June 26 - The Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA and Prop 8; More Analysis on Today's Supreme Court Rulings; The Renewed Republican War on Women's Reproductive Rights

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