Do Trump's assertions about Obama's birthplace add up?

By FactCheck.Org

Donald Trump renews unsubstantiated claims about whether President Obama was really born in the United States

Back to school for the billionaires

By Rita Beamish

Business titans find reforming schools much harder than just writing checks

Excerpts from this story referencing "Milwaukee":

"… itute.The Walton Family Foundation hoped that its $8-million investment in Milwaukee charters would produce strong schools and a competitive environment to rai …"

"… petition can raise scores across school districts, and still hope that all Milwaukee schools will improve.The charter movement has yet to fulfill another key g …"

Backing Pelosi: A labor of love

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

A labor of love
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Big polluters freed from environmental oversight by stimulus

By Kristen Lombardi and John Solomon

In the name of job creation and clean energy, the Obama administration has doled out billions of dollars in stimulus money to some of the na

Little-known Texas patron guided Bush policies on vouchers, tort reform

By Kathryn Wallace

WASHINGTON, July 31, 2000 — Only three days after Texas Governor George W. Bush was inaugurated in 1995, he declared the state of the Texas

Excerpts from this story referencing "foundations director":

"… e damages. Later, in 1998, while Bush was governor, he invited Judson, the foundations director, for breakfast at the governors mansion, along with Grover Norquist, direc …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part four

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — Throughout his political career, Bill Bradley has defined himself by what he is not. ...

Excerpts from this story referencing "Princeton University":

"… he New Jersey Democratic Party and the New Jersey NAACP. He graduated from Princeton University as an undergraduate and received both business and law degrees from Harvar …"

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Grading the billionaires on education reform

Billionaires deliver B-minus to C-minus grades on education reform

DOD officials junket to Johnstown

By Nick Schwellenbach

The Center’s recent investigative report, Pentagon Travel, revealed that over a decade’s time, Defense Department employees took thousands o

Excerpts from this story referencing "Johnstown, Pennsylvania":

"… ps paid for by outside sources. Turns out a handful of those trips were to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a former coal and steel mining town of some 27,000 people that’s been g …"

Scores of union leaders earn six-figure salaries

By John C. Henry

The Standoff in Wisconsin Between Gov. Walker and unions could “trickle up” to jeopardize fat compensation packages of labor leaders....

Excerpts from this story referencing "Teacher":

"… . In 2010, the Laborers rejoined the AFL-CIO.Union: American Federation of TeachersMembership: 887,000Assets: $115 millionAFT is the smaller of the two teach …"

The loneliness of El Diario of Juárez

By María Teresa Ronderos

A Colombian journalist spends three days with reporters from Juárez, Mexico’s most violent city

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