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Condoms are cheap and effective, but they also diminish sexual pleasure, and that gets in the way of lifesaving.
Posted on Mar 22, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including an excerpt from President Obama’s State of the Union speech and Chuck Hagel clears a big hurdle in the Senate.
Posted on Feb 12, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including another legal challenge to President Obama’s health care law and billionaire Warren Buffet discusses what Congress should do about taxing the wealthy.
Posted on Nov 26, 2012
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Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke and multibillionaire Warren Buffett spoke to CNN Money about the Occupy Wall Street protests.
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 White House / Pete Souza
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — You can’t accuse a big capitalist of “class warfare.” That’s why the right wing despises Warren Buffett and is trying so hard to shut him up.
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Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway negotiated a $5 billion investment with Bank of America on Thursday, a vote of confidence in the recently ailing institution. (more) [Earlier Thursday, Truthdig erroneously reported the figure as $5 million.]
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 AP / Jacques Brinon
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Sixteen of France’s wealthiest people have pulled a Warren Buffett and asked to be taxed more in order to help pay for the nation’s growing debt.
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 AP / Gurinder Osan
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Social activist and anti-corruption proponent Anna Hazare, whose arrest sparked huge protests across India this week, is our Truthdigger of the Week.
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Earlier this month, Howard Buffett—the philanthropist son of the “Sage of Omaha”—penned a Huffington Post article defending a project within the U.N.’s World Food Program called “Purchase for Progress” and offered his vision of an ideal future for farmers in the global south. (more)
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 theonion.com
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The vast economic rift between the top and bottom tax brackets is a major cause for concern, and it’s not just those at the lower end of the income spectrum who are paying attention.
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