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Did Obama try to block teens from working on family farms?
Washington Post (blog)
A Washington Post article noted that that Labor Department tried to avoid controversy by emphasizing that children working on their parents' farms would be excluded from the proposals. That exemption is actually a matter of federal statute under the

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Commentary: $40 billion in foreign aid may be wasted each year
Kansas City Star
Foreign aid also shifted away from dealing with hunger, disease, irrigation and education to champion the mania for free markets that swept the Washington consensus. Unfettered, raw commercialism replaced humanitarian concern as the engine of

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Obama Election-Year Pullbacks on Safety, Environment Dismay Advocates
FairWarning (blog)
“Kids don't have a vote,” said Mary Miller, a child labor specialist for the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. “Adults have to be the responsible party and do the right thing.” Along with the ban on youths working in grain-handling

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Presidential Campaign Themes: 'It's The Slogan, Stupid'
WBUR
So the Romney campaign wants to pose this question: Do you put your faith in American ingenuity, traditional values and free enterprise or do you trust the politicians and bureaucrats in Washington, DC? A slogan should sound new and stirring.

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Feeling '80s Spirit: Post-Hardcore Punk for the Plastic Generation
PopMatters
They include the obscure late '80s animistic art-punk of Moss Icon, from Annapolis, Maryland, and the continued efforts of Jason Farrell, the music maker-cum-graphic designer, originally from Washington DC, who has forged over three decades worth of