Counting Oklahoma Hispanic population; Immigration Bill Defeated in AZ house (www.racewire.org) TMC

As Oklahoma’s Hispanic Population Grows, Census Bureau Hopes For More Participation U.S census officials want to ensure the participation of Oklahoma Hispanics in order to get a correct count of... More

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Weak US jobs data dashes quick recovery hopes | AlterNet (www.alternet.org) TMC

US job losses surged to 467,000 in June, pushing the unemployment rate to a new 26-year high of 9.5 percent, according to data Thursday that dampened hopes for an early recovery from recession.

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Governor Coleman! (washingtonindependent.com) TMC

Josh Kraushaar writes the umpteenth appraisal of former Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R-Minn.) chances for a political comeback:

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Low national poll numbers suggest Franken won’t follow in Obama’s footsteps (minnesotaindependent.com) TMC

A new poll suggests Sen.-elect Al Franken would have trouble following President Barack Obama’s vault from a single Senate-election victory to the White House. Beyond that, it’s not clear why it... More

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Joe Biden Is Literally in Iraq (washingtonindependent.com) TMC

Vice President Biden has arrived in Iraq to visit U.S. troops and to meet with Iraqi leaders, including President Jalal Talabani, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Speaker of the Council of... More

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China blasts U.S. climate bill enabling penalties on trade partners (www.grist.org) TMC

China said Thursday it was “firmly” opposed to provisions in a new U.S. clean energy bill that will make it easier to impose trade penalties on nations that reject limits to globe-warming... More

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Conservative activists wage war on Republicans who voted for climate bill | Grist (www.grist.org) TMC

Republican House members who provided the margin of victory in last week’s narrow passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act are taking heat from the right for their votes.

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No healthcare reform without food-system reform (www.grist.org) TMC

The AP reports on a new state-level study of obesity rates. And the news is, well, terrifying: Obesity rates among adults rose in 23 states over the past year and didn’t decline anywhere, says a... More

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47 groups urge Obama to endorse 2-degree C warming threshold | Grist (www.grist.org) TMC

A coalition of 47 environment, science, and faith-based groups have sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to pursue a goal of keeping global warming to less than 2 degrees Celcius in... More

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The new Senate global warming deniers (www.grist.org) TMC

If you wanted to get progressives more excited about the clean energy and climate protection bill that passed the House last week, you might be inclined to point to Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins HuffPost... More

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