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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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American Jobs Act insufficient; more assistance urgent

Daniel Merritt September 22, 2011

Employment has lagged behind economic recovery. We need jobs and we need them now. President Obama's recent push in Washington has been for a piece of legislation known as the American Jobs Act, a piece...

Participants at the DREAM Act rally on Tuesday night. Photo contributed by Ariel Ruiz.

Compromising our political ideals

Heather Nichols-Haining September 23, 2010
Though compromise is hailed as a democratic ideal, it has terrifying implications for policies.

War has become business

Heather Nichols-Haining April 8, 2010

The U.S. military is privatizing at an alarming rate. Thousands of troops are now employed by companies such as Blackwater and while many hoped that Obama would decrease this corporate-socialism at least...

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Reflections on Obama’s visit to China

Rensi Ke November 27, 2009

One of the most recurring points that Obama made during  his  visit to China from Nov. 15-18  was what he termed "universal rights." "They should be available to all people, including ethnic...

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Secretary Clinton damages Middle East peace prospects

jamessledd November 8, 2009
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's statements concerning Israeli-Palestinian conflict hurt peace projects, out of sync with Obama's overall message.
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Climate change inaction too costly

Lisa Curtis October 22, 2009
There's a small office on Capitol Hill that is playing a major role in determining whether Americans will have affordable health care or more renewable energy in the coming year. The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan body in charge of providing economic data to Congress, has an incredible amount of power over our political system.

Obama’s Nobel Prize proves premature

joeykern October 22, 2009

It's Sunday and I'm watching football. A half-gallon of orange juice adorns the table next to me, accompanied handsomely by a half-eaten bag of Fritos. All is well in my self-contained world until breaking...

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Senate must pass health care

jamessledd October 22, 2009
Remember the debate over President Obama's health care plan? It wasn't that long ago that people were bringing guns to town hall meetings where shouting and jeering dominated civilized conversation. Although the furor over health care may have died down—the newspapers aren't filled with pictures of screaming, finger-pointing Tea Partiers—the debate is far from over. On Oct. 13, the Senate Finance Committee, led by Montana senator Max Baucus, passed its version of a health care reform bill.

Obama needs a student movement

Russ Caditz-Peck March 5, 2009

The "Change" has begun. Last week President Obama announced his budget proposal. It is visionary, necessary and historic. As young Americans with an interest in our nation's future, now is the time...

Obama has a Latin American obligation

Becquer Medak-Seguin March 5, 2009

Jesús Vásquez forlornly wrote last week that "all we (the U.S.) have is the audacity of hope that freedom will survive in Venezuela." This contentious statement, like the rest of his article,...

No surprises in Hillary Clinton’s China stance

William Lawrence February 26, 2009

Last week, my colleague Jesús Vasquez asked if Hillary Clinton would broach controversial human rights issues on her trip to China. The Secretary of State definitively answered him this week in a...

A call for transparency

February 12, 2009

Whitman students live in a world of deliberate complacency, but this does not mean we are unaware of the world around us. The economy has the same effect on our lives, and especially our parents' lives,...

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