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Think Progress- Somalia Conference: A Turning Point?Our guest blogger is Laura Heaton, the Writer-Editor for the blog, Enough Said Just six months remain before the Somali Transitional Federal Government’s time is up to ready the country for more permanent governing structures and institutions after more than 20 years of civil war. Marking the start of that countdown, British Prime Minister David [...]
- McDonnell: I Backpedaled On Ultrasound Bill After Cuccinelli Told Me It’s UnconstitutionalVirginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) disputed the notion that he’s spending too much time legislating social policy during this morning Politico forum, as he continued to distance himself from a measure that would have required women to undergo an invasive transvaginal ultrasound before receiving an abortion. Under the proposed policy, most women seeking se […]
- As Warming Glaciers Retreat, What Will Become of Peru’s Cordillera Blanca and Its Water Supply?“Peruvian glaciers have lost more than one-fifth of their mass in the past 35 years, reducing by 12 percent the water flow to the country’s coastal region, home to 60 percent of Peru’s population. And if warming trends continue … many of the Andes’ tropical glaciers will disappear within 20 years, not only threatening the [...]
- ‘Brave,’ ‘The Hunger Games,’ and Action Movie Choreography for WomenThe first couple of minutes of footage from Brave are out, and not only are they awesome, they contain the best riff on bodice-ripping ever: We were talking about female action stars and the need to think more creatively about action choreography for women, and Brave and The Hunger Games both seem to me like [...]
- Asked Directly About Gas Prices, GOP Candidates Don’t Have AnswersYesterday, President Barack Obama laid out the steps the White House is taking on rising gas costs, telling the Florida crowd that “drill everywhere” rhetoric is a “bumper sticker,” not a solution, but that he’s working to reduce oil demand and rein in Wall Street speculators. When CNN moderator John King directly asked the Repu […]
- Romney’s New Tax Plan Gives The Richest 0.1 Percent A $264,000 Tax CutMitt Romney this week unveiled a new tax plan that includes a 20 percent reduction in all marginal income tax rates. Previously, Romney had said that he’s not concerned about the very rich and is “proposing no tax cuts for the rich.” But during this week’s GOP primary debate, he reneged on that position, saying, [...]
- After Working For Anti-Immigrant Hate Group, Kobach Denies Working For A Group That ‘Supports Racial DiscriminationCritics have attacked Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the anti-immigrant official who wrote Arizona and Alabama’s harmful immigration policies, for his ties to Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group that promotes anti-immigrant policies. But Kobach, who worked for FAIR’s legal […]
- Gov. McDonnell Says Marriage Equality Should Be Left To The States, But Claims Gays Make Inferior ParentsVirginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) said that he respected Maryland’s right to decide the issue of marriage equality, just one day after that state passed legislation same-sex marriage. “The beauty of our regulators under the 10th amendment…is that states are the laboratories are democracy and innovation and they have the freedom to make differ […]
- Clean Start: February 24, 2012Welcome to Clean Start, ThinkProgress Green’s morning round-up of the latest in climate and clean energy. Here is what we’re reading. What are you? On Thursday, Lucy Lawless scaled the derrick of the Noble Discoverer, Shell Oil’s drilling ship that is scheduled to travel from New Zealand to the Chukchi Sea to begin exploratory drilling [...]
- National Security Brief: February 24, 2012- Protests in Afghanistan against the improper disposal of Muslim holy books continued despite an American apology. - The deaths of two U.S. soldiers there, widely connected to the Koran burnings, came as the U.S. was already reviewing vetting procedures for the Afghan army after a spate of shootings against Americans. - The first U.S. [...]
- Somalia Conference: A Turning Point?
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