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May 3 - Reality Television Has Taken Over the Presidential Primaries; The Irony That Donald Trump is Threatening the Same Press That Enabled Him; How the Poisoners of Children Have Ruined Detroit's Schools

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January 20 - Plunging Oil Prices and Panic on Wall Street; The Reappearance of Sarah Palin on the Political Stage; Obama Visits the Detroit Auto Show

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April 20 - Obama's "Pivot" to Asia as he Heads to Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines This Week; The Shaky Truce in Ukraine; A Turnaround with the Detroit Bankruptcy

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December 19 - Putin’s Show of Magnanimity; South Sudan’s Descent into Civil War; Detroit’s Bankruptcy Judge Halts Giveaway to Banks

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December 18 - India's Fury Over the Treatment of its Diplomat in New York; The New Owner of The Washington Post's Conflict of Interest With the CIA; The Real Story Behind Detroit's Bankruptcy

December 18 - India's Fury Over the Treatment of its Diplomat in New York; The New Owner of The Washington Post's Conflict of Interest With the CIA; The Real Story Behind Detroit's Bankruptcy

December 4 - Detroit's Bankruptcy Ruling and its Consequences; Public Banks Can Replace Wall Street to Finance Municipalities; The Author of "My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel"

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July 24 - Can Obama Make the Country Work for Working Americans Again?; The Pain and Gain in Detroit; Why Politicians Expose Themselves to Risky Behavior

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July 23 - The NSA Strikes Back; Scapegoating Public Employees in Detroit's Bankruptcy; Investigating the Big Banks for Gaming Commodities

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October 31 - The "Car Guy's" Desperate Lies; Reality Pushes Back Against Global Warming Deniers; The "Safe State/ Swing State" Strategy

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